I've been asked to share this awful case and ask for action

[Critters2]

From the Lounge:


It's been on my mind since I got this in e-mail several days ago :cry:

In September, IDA's eNews included an Action Alert about Joshua and Justin Molder, two Atlanta, Ga. brothers, 17 and 18 years old, accused of cooking a three-month-old puppy to death in the oven of a community center they allegedly vandalized and burglarized. The nearly 2,000 emails Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard received from IDA supporters as a result of the Alert bolstered his efforts to prosecute this heinous crime by seeking the maximum penalty for the perpetrators. Thank you to everyone who participated in this campaign to hold animal abusers accountable: you made a real difference.

The trial commenced earlier this month, with the prosecution bringing more than two dozen witnesses to the stand to testify against the brothers and presenting over 160 pieces of evidence. Five of the witnesses were other teens who said that the Molders bragged about cooking the puppy and even brought them to the community center to show off the charred body, still hog-tied and gagged with duct tape in the gas range. The youths also stated that the Molders threatened to kill them if they told the police.

An animal expert presented photographs of the corpse and, based on forensic evidence, described for jurors how the conscious puppy scratched the oven door to get out, and gasped for breath as she slowly baked to death. Her dead body was found with the pads of her paws bloody from the struggle and her nose melded to the glass from the intense heat. In addition, a veteran police detective who investigated the crime scene spoke about the "horrible stench" permeating the air from the puppy's burned body, stating that it was worse than the smell of dead bodies he had encountered on homicide cases, even those left to decompose for days. The detective was just one of several police officers who testified against the brothers.

Meanwhile, the defense brought no witnesses, yet maintained the Molders' innocence. Unfortunately, one of the jurors flatly refused to deliberate the brother's guilt, sabotaging the case. However, the Molders still face charges of aggravated cruelty to animals, burglary, property damage, cruelty to children and making terroristic threats. If convicted on all counts, they could spend decades in prison. A retrial has been scheduled for January, so your help is needed once again to see that the puppy killers face justice for their crimes.

:cry: :cry:

http://ga0.org/campaign/puppykillers/explanation
there a take action think in the link

[Robeson]

1. Done. I'm speechless.

[Debau2005]

2. They plead guilty in late January

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=91135

[Critters2]

3. There's now a website to write to encourage the DA to push for the max

sentence. I'll hunt up the site.

[Critters2]

4. You can work to get them the maximum sentence

Here's the website: http://georgiapuppytorture.blogspot.com /

Please help!

[peacebuzzard]

6. just addressed a snail mail

hope it helps for a max sentence for those 2 despicable humans.

[peacebuzzard]

5. Done.

I will sign any and all mobilized efforts to punish cruelty to animals offenders. These sick humans need to be put away and set an example for other probable offenders.

This is a sad sad story of the perversion in our society today.

[Duppers]

7. Done.

Thank you for caring and posting.