This may seem like a victory of sorts for animals and animal lovers but read what happened to the dog. This guy deserves it. Screw him! Do the crime...serve the time. I'm sure he will get out in 3 years, though, or earlier. Of course, he's an ex-marine/crackhead so I'm sure that has a lot to do with his mental state at the time. Do that to my dog and I will stop at nothing to exact my revenge. Maybe...maybe no. Commentary off. - Surf Posted on Fri, Jan. 07, 2005 Dog slaying lands man in prison By Nathaniel Jones Star-Telegram Dallas Bureau DALLAS _ Fe-Fe, a 5-pound long-haired Chihuahua dog, did her best to flee her attacker in April during a frantic chase inside a 2-story Mesquite townhome. But her knife-wielding stalker, who claimed he was under the influence of crack cocaine at the time, didn't give up his pursuit until he had stabbed her 15 times and severed her head, according to court testimony Friday. Ray Cornelius Perkerson, 25, told authorities that he had to "send a message" to one of the dog's owners about how serious he was on collecting a $100 drug debt. The ex-Marine and former Greater Faith Tabernacle Church usher was sentenced to six years in jail Friday morning after pleading guilty to a felony charge of cruelty to an animal. Perkerson's attorney, Cris Partida, had sought probation with the completion of a nine-month prison drug rehabilitation program. District Court Judge Mark Nancarrow also fined Perkerson $2,500.
To me, this is right and wrong. Emotionally, I feel that it is just, but logically, that's a tough call. On another matter, our society should clean up the way they raise and kill chickens and cows. I ain't a vegetarian, but I don't think God meant for us to eat meat they way it's done. Sorry for derailing.
We kill thousands of chickens, cows, buffalo, lamb, pig and goat daily for eating purposes, yet when someone kills a cat, they get prison time? Why? This is an ANIMAL we are talking about.
It's one thing to kill something with a purpose such as survival in mind (Circle of Life), but another to waste that life without purpose.
It's also another thing to go around decapitating animals with a knife while you're ****ed up on crack - to send a message to the owner.
if you killed the cat and ate it, i think it would be a different story. and you'd get prison time for going around and slaughtering neighbors cattle or chicken just to prove a point.
Yes, of course someone deserves punishment for killing another's property. However, 6 years in the slammer? Excessive.
Anyone who could kill an animal like that could kill a human just as easily - he needs to be locked up and seek help for his drug addiction. Setting a number on it seems foolish - he should be jailed until he's no longer a threat to society.
he slaughtered...and yes, i mean slaughtered - a tiny dog to "send a message"...over a measely $100. i mean, sure this isn't any rape and murder type crime...but this guy has serious problems. do you want him in prison for 1 year and then being your neighbor?
My dogs are family and receive equal care, protection, and household rights along with FREEDOM, LIMITED LIBERTY(Homeland Security), BATHROOM BREAKS, BAD SMELLING FOOD, SHELTER, SLEEP, WALKS, and WHATEVER ELSE A DOG DOES OR GETS AWAY WITH. If these rules are infringed upon by external forces, then stiff penalities will arise. The viciousness of this brutal act is more of why he is going away for six years in my opinion. He didn't just kill the dog but came one step short of sodomizing the dog. Yay hee rest in the valley of the shadow of a prison inmate's pelvic thrust(doggie style). Okay...I'm being silly. I feel bad for the dog but this guy was out of line. Like I said, he won't serve 6 years. He will serve nowhere near that unless he's a bad prisoner. I would have rather of been cut by this person than my dog die in this fashion. And, over a lousy $100. But, if he serves about two years of that sentence, then justice will be served. You can't really look at a pet, who is invaluable to the family that owns it usually, as just another animal who can be slaughtered. There's a connection and history there. Aight...too much brain work...gonna drink some beer and watch the game. Look out, chatroom, cause here I come! Watch out!
Somehow, TJ, your sympathy rings hollow when you think mandatory sentencing for people who USE drugs that only harm themselves is ok, but sending someone away for brutally murdering a beloved family pet is excessive. To me, this was about sending a message to folks about VIOLENCE against living creatures, not just animal cruelty. Criminally violent behavior of ANY kind has to be dealt with seriously to avoid serious problems from that person down the line.
Jeff, your comparison is obviously invalid. "Cruelty" to animals and drug abuse are clearly two separate issues. Not only that, but you ignore the tremendous social costs that drug users impose on society. All the welfare checks and hospital treatments for the crackheads and potheads aren't free, you know. Not to mention the costs of destroying families. If you want to equate violence towards animals to violence towards humans then fine. While you're at it, why not legalize marriage to animals. Heck, why not give animals the right to vote! Or the next time you spank your dog on the butt, let's put you on trial for assault! How ridiculous.
You could've done much better. I award you a C, maybe a C + - if I were feeling generous. P.S. - you also ignore that many violent killers start with violence towards animals as a stepping stone progression.
As usual, you use hyperbole and misdirection try to prove yourself right when you are clearly and obvioulsy couldn't see the point if it stuck you in the cornia - which is fairly typical for you. I refuse to argue a point with someone so completely inept when it comes to understanding what would seem to be a fairly simple and rational discussion.
I agree that he "deserves it" too, but what criteria does one use to determine what is just? To me, it is logically inconsistent to sentence this man to 6 years when the way we raise and kill animals for food in this country (and in many other countries too, but this one especially) in truly inhumane. It's not like there's a meat shortage. I'm all for eating quality beef and chicken and what not, but our methods are wrong and people don't care. When a psycho kills a puppy people care and get upset. But emotions shouldn't be what dictates law. Emotions are fickle and inconsistent. Laws should be consistent and based on stronger foundations like Scripture or human consciousness. Serious question: Does any one here believe that if a coked out psycho decapitated a pet chicken or a pet goldfish in a violent manner that he would be serving 6 years? What about a pet lizard or pet ant? Again though: emotionally, this guy is a sicko and I don't care if he slips on a knife tomorrow and cuts his balls.
