Stricter animal cruelty law passed
Florida just passed a bill allowing judges to charge animal cruelty cases with a "third-degree felony" punishable by up to "five years in prison" and a "$10,000 fine" and "prohibit" the offender from ...
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Did you not read the article at the link YOU provided? The new law will not apply to the one charged in the case that prompted the new law.
“The law will only apply to people charged Oct. 1 or later. Prosecutors had attempted to apply it earlier this year in a case only to have to walk that back.
And it won't apply to Archer if he is convicted. Archer is accused of animal cruelty, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.”
“The law will only apply to people charged Oct. 1 or later. Prosecutors had attempted to apply it earlier this year in a case only to have to walk that back.
And it won't apply to Archer if he is convicted. Archer is accused of animal cruelty, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.”
