When an Ontario judge sentenced Jesse Champlain Power, 22, to just 90 days in jail to be served on weekends for torturing and killing a cat, animal activists were outraged. So was the prosecutor’s office which announced earlier this month that it would appeal the judge’s sentence.
The prosecutor decided not to appeal the sentence of Anthony Wennekers, 25, who was sentenced to 10 1/2 months in jail, and was released immediately based on time served.
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Ontario: Crown to challenge cat-skinner’s sentence. The Ottawa Citizen, May 17, 2002.
Crown appealing cat killer sentence. Gretchen Drummie, The Toronto Sun, May 17, 2002.