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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Valhalla is correct in you can't charge a person for a crime that was not a crime when they committed the act. The animal cruelty laws in Kansas were passed on the outcry of the puplic after several heinous acts to pets made the news. Like I said earlier enforcement is entirely another issue. Lenient sentencing by judge's whether people or pets is another issue as well.
