Woman gets three days of bread

[JohnLocke]

Woman gets three days of bread and water for neglecting horses
Former owner to spend 30 days in jail
By Andrew Tilghman -- Houston Chronicle
Tuesday, June 8, 2004

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A 28-year-old Baytown woman convicted of neglecting her horses will begin a 30-day jail sentence with three days of bread and water, courtesy of Harris County Criminal Court at Law Judge Mike Peters.
"She's going to get more than her horses got," Peters said Monday, after signing off on the unusual jail terms for Melissa Dawn Sweeney.
Sweeney was convicted last Friday on two counts of cruelty to animals for severely neglecting the two horses she kept outside her trailer home in Baytown. Each of the misdemeanor charges could have landed her in jail for up to a year.
Instead, Peters sentenced her Monday to 30 days in the Harris County Jail, with the stipulation that for the first three, she must endure his judicially imposed diet of bread and water.
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The jury of six women convicted her of both counts and sentenced her to 365 days in jail. The jury probated her sentence, meaning she will only have to serve that sentence if she violates the terms of her probation. In this case, the 30 days in jail with dietary restrictions were imposed as part of her probation.
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Ball, the prosecutor, told jurors that the mistreatment appeared to be the result of laziness.
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Peters told Sweeney she could serve her 30 days in jail on weekends during the next several months, allowing her to continue to care for her three children.
Sweeney's sentence also requires her to post blown-up photographs of her malnourished horses on her jail cell wall.
"So she'll have a reminder of what she did," Peters said.

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[JohnLocke]

1. Kick

[amber dog democrat]

2. This is bad news if she is on an Atkins diet.

But maybe she'll think first before taking responsibility like this again.

[SupportRapeVictims]

3. I guess the Bill of Rights doesn't matter in Texas

We need federal supervision of the state immediately.