URGENT, HELP GUCCI BILL TO BE ENFORCED IN ALABAMA !!!

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URGENT, HELP GUCCI BILL TO BE ENFORCED IN ALABAMA !!!

 

 

----- Original Message From -----

Diana Artemis <artemisd123

Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:28 PM

Letter to Alabama Attorney General - Pls Forward Widely

 

 

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE THIS LETTER AND FORWARD WIDELY...

 

BACKGROUND: The Gucci bill, making abuse of a dog or cat a felony,

finally passed the Alabama legislature last year, taking effect

September, 2000.

 

Immediately afterwards, on Labor Day weekend, 2000; a man in

Winston County, Alabama; named William Robinson,shot his dog

(a lab mix puppy) for getting into his trash. The dog wasn't dead so

he threw him, alive, onto a pile of burning trash. The neighbors

heard and saw the dog screaming as he burned to death. They tried to

stop it, but couldn't get near the dog (remember, Robinson had a gun

and had already shot the dog). The neighbors said the dog finally

died when it " sucked fire into its lungs " . A neighbor went to the

sheriff; the Sheriff blew him off. The neighbor persisted. Finally,

charges were brought. Incredibly, the Sheriff released Robinson.

 

Robinson started harassing this neighbor (following his pregnant wife

around, shooting a gun off over neighbor's house, etc.) This brave

neighbor, instead of giving up, brought witness harassment charges

against Robinson.

 

Here's where we need your help. Winston County seems disinclined to

prosecute. ONLY because of the neighbor's tenacity (which is RARE in

animal cases, especially when they are personally faced with what

this guy has been doing), has the State's Attorney General finally

gotten involved. He will prosecute. We need to show our support.

The case goes to trial next month.

 

I am asking each one of you to write the Attorney General. We have

got to stand behind the GUCCI BILL which Alabama animal protection

groups worked so hard to pass and demand its enforcement.

If we don't protect animals under this hard won bill, it will not be

enforced and will therefore be meaningless.

 

The Attorney General's Office has been supportive. Praise him, tell

him, if you will, why you do rescue, and what kind of abuse you have

seen. Tell him why it is so important to prosecute this and get this

man jail time (NOT probation on a plea bargain.) Mention the

correlation between animal abuse and human abuse (that Robinson has

been heard bragging about killing other dogs and the Robinson's son

killed a neighbor's cat to impress someone.) Be brief, be

supportive, but, most of all, please write!

 

Attached are two (2) sample letters.

PLEASE CHANGE SOME OF THE WORDS

and remember to add your name and address.

Personally, I'm going to paste the SHORT letter into the Attorney

General's website *AND* also MAIL a HARDCOPY of the longer letter

with examples of psychos who progressed from animal cruelty to

killing humans.

 

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SHORT VERSION: Remember to add your NAME & ADDRESS

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Attorney General William Pryor

State of Alabama

Office of the Attorney General

11 S. Union Street

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0157

Telephone # is 334-242-7300

 

The email contact for the Alabama Attorney General is via a form at:

http://www.ago.state.al.us/contactform.cfm?

 

Re: Cases # DC2000669, DC2000744-748

 

Dear Attorney General Pryor:

 

Thank you for reacting to justifiable public outrage and undertaking

the prosecution of William Robinson under the Gucci Bill. As you

know, he beat and burnt his lab puppy alive for " getting into

trash. " A neighbor reported that after several moments of crying in

agony, the puppy " sucked fire into its lungs " and died.

 

Since then Robinson has been harrassing the neighbor by threatening

him and his pregnant wife with a gun. Furthermore, Robinson has been

heard bragging about killing other dogs and Robinson's son

reportedly killed a neighbor's cat to " impress someone. "

 

As you are certainly aware, the FBI has found that a history of

cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its

computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard

diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional

disorders lists cruelty to animals as a diagnostic criterion for

conduct disorders. Animal abuse is not just the result of a minor

personality flaw in the abuser, but a symptom of a deep disturbance.

 

This man is obviously a danger to society and must receive serious

jail time and MANDATORY psychiatric treatment for his psychopathic

behavior. As a society, we must call a halt to the acceptance of

animal cruelty and enforce a policy of harsh punishment for these

sadistic crimes. To allow individuals guilty of perpetrating such

cruel and violent acts to go unpunished or not sufficiently punished,

would be to sanction these horrific crimes and would permit them to

go on to commit serious and violent crimes against innocent human

beings.

 

I again thank you for taking this case seriously, and ask you to

press for the maximum sentencing and penalties under the law, to

include mandatory psychiatric treatment in order to protect the

citizens of Alabama and other visitors to your state.

 

Sincerely Yours,

name,

address,

city , state, zip

 

 

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LONG VERSION: Remember to add your NAME & ADDRESS &

Change a Few of the Opening Words

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Attorney General William Pryor

State of Alabama

Office of the Attorney General

11 S. Union Street

Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0157

Telephone # is 334-242-7300

 

The email contact for the Alabama Attorney General is via a form at:

http://www.ago.state.al.us/contactform.cfm?

 

Re: Cases # DC2000669, DC2000744-748

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Dear Attorney General Pryor:

 

Thank you for reacting to justifiable public outrage and undertaking

the prosecution of William Robinson under the Gucci Bill. As you

know, he beat and burnt his lab puppy alive for " getting into

trash. " A neighbor reported that after several moments of crying in

agony, the puppy " sucked fire into its lungs " and died.

 

Since then Robinson has been harrassing the neighbor by threatening

him and his pregnant wife with a gun. Furthermore, Robinson has been

heard bragging about killing other dogs and Robinson's son

reportedly killed a neighbor's cat to " impress someone. "

 

As you are certainly aware, the FBI has found that a history of

cruelty to animals is one of the traits that regularly appears in its

computer records of serial rapists and murderers, and the standard

diagnostic and treatment manual for psychiatric and emotional

disorders lists cruelty to animals as a diagnostic criterion for

conduct disorders. Animal abuse is not just the result of

a minor personality flaw in the abuser, but a symptom of a deep

disturbance. I have attached a list of documented animal

abusers/killers who " graduated " to violent crimes against humans.

 

This man is obviously a danger to society and must receive serious

jail time and MANDATORY psychiatric treatment for his psychopathic

behavior. As a society, we must call a halt to the acceptance of

animal cruelty and enforce a policy of harsh punishment for these

sadistic crimes. To allow individuals guilty of perpetrating such

cruel and violent acts to go unpunished or not sufficiently punished,

would be to sanction these horrific crimes and would permit them to

go on to commit serious and violent crimes against innocent human

beings.

 

I again thank you for taking this case seriously, and ask you to

press for the maximum sentencing and penalties under the law, to

include mandatory psychiatric treatment in order to protect the

citizens of Alabama and other visitors to your state. Please don't

let Robinson go untreated or unpunished to become the next serial

killer to achieve infamy in this country.

 

Sincerely,

name,

address

city , state, zip

 

 

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ATTACHMENT: CASES OF ANIMAL ABUSERS

PROGRESSING TO HUMAN VIOLENCE

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Recent cases in the news of random attacks on high school students

and children, show that each disturbed individual had a history of

animal abuse. Research in psychology and criminology shows that

people who commit acts of cruelty against animals often

move on to their fellow humans. The following list is just

a " sample " of people who first committed crimes against animals and

graduated to committing crimes against humans. EACH TIME WE

IGNORE ANIMAL ABUSE, WE ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THE PERPETUATOR'S EMOTIONAL ILLNESS WILL

ESCALATE INTO HUMAN TRAGEDY, SOMETIMES OF

EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS!

 

ANIMAL VICTIMS /HUMAN VICTIMS:

REPORTS FROM POLICE CASE FILES

 

" Russell Weston Jr., tortured and killed 12 cats, by burning, cutting

their tails, paws, ears off; put toxic chemicals in their eyes,

blinding them, forcing them to eat poison, hanging them from trees;

the noose loose enough to create a slow and painful death, as the

cat/kitten struggles to free itself as the noose gets tighter with

each attempt. Later killed 2 officers at our Nation's Capitol. "

 

" Jeffery Dahmer loved to dissect animals (he learned this in

school). Later he dissected boys, and kept their body parts in the

refrigerator. Murdered 17 men. "

 

" On May 21, 1998 in Springfield, Oregon; 15-year-old Kip Kinkel set a

live cat on fire and dragged the innocent creature through the main

street of town. He walked into his high school cafeteria and opened

fire on his classmates. Two classmates were killed and 22 others

injured, four critically. Later that day, police found his parents

shot to death in their home. "

 

" Albert De Salvo, the " Boston Strangler, " would place a dog and cat

in a crate with a partition between them. After starving the

animals for several days, he would remove the partition and watch

them kill each other. He raped and killed 13 women by

strangulation. He would often pose the bodies in a shocking manner

after their murders. "

 

" Richard Allen Davis set numerous cats on fire. He killed all of

Polly Klaus' animals before abducting & murdering Polly Klaus, aged

12, from her bedroom. "

 

" Eleven-year-old Andrew Golden, 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson,

tortured and killed dogs. A friend of Golden stated that " he shoots

dogs all the time with a .22. " On March 24, 1998, in Jonesboro,

Arkansas; Golden and Johnson shot and killed four students and one

teacher during a fire drill at their school. "

 

" Prior to commiting multiple murders, Luke Woodham, age 16, wrote in

his personal journal that he and an accomplice beat, burned and

tortured his dog, Sparkle, to death. Woodham said it was " true

beauty. " He poured liquid fuel down his dog's throat and set

fire to her neck, both inside and outside. On 10/1/1977, Woodham

stabbed his mother to death and then went to his high school where he

shot and killed two classmates -- two girls aged 16 and 17, and

injured seven others. In June 1998, Woodham was found guilty of

three murders and seven counts of aggravated assault. He was

sentenced to three life sentences and an additional 20 years for each

assault. "

 

" Theodore Robert Bundy was forced to witness animal cruelty by his

grandfather. He later killed thirty-three women. "

 

" Michael Cartier pulled numerous rabbit's legs out of their sockets

when he was four years old and threw a kitten through a closed

window. He went on to shoot Kristin Lardner three times in the

head, killing her. "

 

" Henry Lee Lucas killed numerous animals and had sex with their

corpses. He killed his mother, common law wife and an unknown number

of people. "

 

" Edward Kemperer cut up two cats. He later killed his grandparents,

his mother and seven other women. "

 

" Richard Speck threw a bird into a ventilator fan. Killed eight

women. "

 

" Randy Roth taped a cat to a car's engine and used an industrial

sander on a frog. Killed two of his wives and attempted to kill a

third. "

 

" David Richard Davis shot and killed two healthy ponies, threw a wine

bottle at a pair of kittens and hunted with illegal methods.

Murdered his wife, Shannon Mohr Davis, for insurance money. "

 

" Peter Kurten, the Dusseldorf Monster, tortured dogs, and practiced

bestiality while killing the animal. Murdered or attempted to murder

over 50 men, women and children. "

 

" Richard Trenton Chase, " The Vampire Killer of Sacramento, " bit the

heads off birds, drained animals for their blood, killed animals for

their organs, and later killed six people in random attacks. One

police officer who was at the scene of the first murder, confessed to

having nightmares about the crime or months afterwards. "

 

" The Kobe Killer, an as yet unnamed 15-year-old boy in Japan,

beheaded a cat and strangled several pigeons. Decapitated 11-year-old

Jun Hase, and battered to death a 10-year-old girl with a hammer, and

assaulted three other children in separate attacks. "

 

" Richard William Leonard's grandmother forced him to kill and

multilate cats and kittens when he was a child. He later killed

Stephen Dempsey with a bow and arrow. He also killed Ezzedine Bahmad

by slashing his throat. "

 

" Tom Dillion murdered people's pets. He shot and killed Jamie Paxton,

aged 21; Claude Hawkins, aged 49; Donald Welling, aged 35; Kevin

Loring, aged 30; and Gary Bradely, aged 44. "

 

" At 9 years old, Eric Smith strangled a neighbor's cat. At 13 years

old, he bludgeoned four-year-old Derrick Robie to death. Smith lured

the little boy into the woods, choked him, sodomized him with a

stick, then beat him to death with a rock. "

 

" When Jack Bassenti's dog had puppies, he buried all but one of them

alive. He later raped and murdered three women. "

 

" David Berkowitz, " Son of Sam, " poisoned his mother's parakeet out of

jealousy. He later shot thirteen young men and women. Six people died

and at least two suffered permanent disabilities. "

 

" Arthur Shawcross repeatedly threw a kitten into a lake until the

kitten drowned from exhaustion. Killed a young girl. Then, after

serving 15-1/2 years in prison, he killed 11 more women. "

 

" Michael Perry decapitated a neighbor's dog. He later killed his

parents, his infant nephew and two neighbors. "

 

" Jason Massey killed cats, dogs and cows. Killed his thirteen year

old stepsister & a fourteen year old boy. "

 

" Patrick Sherrill stole neighborhood pets and encouraged his dog to

attack them. Killed 14 people at his workplace. "

 

" Keith Hunter Jesperson, " The Happy Face Killer, " strangled a cat. He

is known to have killed at least one woman. "

 

" Joel Steinburg refused medical treatment for his adopted daughter

Lisa's pet rabbit when it broke its leg. He later killed her; when

she was found, Lisa had extensive bruises all over her body from

repeated abuse. "

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Thanks so much for your kindness, compassion and help.