
Judge Cicconetti of Painesville, Ohio likes to do things a bit differently in his courtroom.
He believes in trulymaking the punishment fit the crime, which often results in creative and unexpected sentences.
This past September, Alyssa Morrow pleaded guilty to animal cruelty. She left her dog, Moose, locked up inside her dirt-ridden house. For an entire week, Moose was all alone with no one to take care of him.
When he was finally rescued, his saviors were shocked and appalled by his condition. Moose’s fur was falling out.
He was starving and thirsty. Rather than throwing her in jail like most judges would do, Judge Cicconetti made Alyssa – Dog Abuser do something that many people would find much more repulsive.
First, he spoke on behalf of Moose, noting how frightened he must have been during his abandonment.
Then, Judge Cicconetti looked Alyssa – Dog Abuser right in the eyes and said.
“Maybe you should get a little taste of that, but I’m going to let you have a choice here, and the choice is I want you to live like Moose, and in order to do that I want you to go down to the county dump, to the landfill, and I want them to find the stinkiest smelliest god-awful odor place they can find in that dump and I want you to sit there for 8 hours tomorrow, to think what you did to that dog while you smell the odor. If you puke, you puke.”
Do you think the punishment fits the crime?
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Jan Newgreen
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What is happening dachshund lovers you are flooding us with animal cruelty posts nothing to do with dachshund lovers, I wish every dog was in a loving family lying by the fire, I can’t save them all but you guys are using this news thread inappropriately
Rachel Grace
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Should have made her live at the dump with out food and water for a least 2 days ..
Ellen Hein
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Too lenient
Robin Moreno
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Anyone who is caught abusing a dog or cat or any animal should b punished an never allowed to have any pets, permanently!!!
Donald Ferris
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I think she got off too easy
Mary Parrino
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Nope. Should have made her stay there overnight for a couple days.
Pete Nowak
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not enough shove a$#%&!@*down her throat for the$#%&!@*she is
Curt Thornburg
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Well done your Honor. While it would have been nice to have been a bit harsher maybe, I think this could make a point with this person. Hopefully she is not allowed to own a pet in the future.
Dev Kenney
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How is this a punishment? 8 hours sitting around something that smells does not make up for nearly killing a dog. This will do nothing to stop her from abusing another animal.
Fayne Korb
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Totally think this judge is right !! I would have made her stay there for a week like she did the dog !!
Richard Gebhardt
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Wow, thats funny but the right thing to do. She should be locked in a broken down outhouse thats stinks like holy hell for a week.
Kathy Hicks
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This woman should NEVER be able to have or care for another pet; if only justice always fitted the crime!!
Sue Heidt
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She was totally unprepared, wearing sandals and a summer dress. I’m sure she didn’t have food or a drink either
Connie Iles
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8 hours was not long enough, should have been a week and with walls around her, no communication, no way out. If she wants food she can salvage it from the junk yard.
Juanita Haney
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I think she needs to go there for a week
Kathy Lester Phillips
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he should have made her do community service in that dump for a month.
Sheila Murphy
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Yes but there should be more – like community service & and no more pets for her!
Lisa Don
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I’m all for what he made her do. But I think she should of stayed at the dump for a week though …But the punishment he gave her love it and she deserve it 100%..we need more judges like this in the world..
Ileana Martinez
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She wasn’t punished at all… she should have been at the dump, obligated to clean her house… and to never be allowed to own any pets ever!!
Sefra Robison
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Good for her
Lourdes Rodriguez Juarbe
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Bravo!
Jed Mac Cana
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Hung
Pauletta Evans-hanselman
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Yes judge is the bomb!!!
Tony Martin
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Should have been 8 hours a day for a week.
Mary Crosby
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Should have been longer with her handcuffed
Suchuato Campbell
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Fat cow should be fed to the dog…life time supply of food there.
Robert Soper
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sad
Frank Williford
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I would made her stay in house exactly like she did her pup !!!!!!
Robert Soper
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8 HOURS IS NO GOOD ENOUGH, GET REAL JUDGE
Terry Ulvild
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Punishment should have been harder.
Joseph Von Spiegel
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She needs to rot in he’ll. Stupid$#%&!@* What she did to the poor dog. She needs. She’s an idiot
Marilyn Mitchell
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8 hrs is not enough for what she did to that poor dog. She’s so filthy she probably felt right at home in the dump. Thank God she didn’t get the dog back.
Ariel Sada
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No, send her fat$#%&!@*to jail!
Ruth Benaron Gardner
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She should be locked up in her stinky filthy house with no air conditioning, food or water. Leave her locked up in the same disgusting environment she left her dog to suffer in. A Version of Hallelujah That You Won’t Soon Forget – She Leaves Them Speechless!
Brenda Sanders Smith
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He should have sentenced her no food or water for a day too!
Paul Gallagher
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She looks like a wrong-un to be honest evil looking cow . Nowhere near harsh enough !! .
Melissa Foti
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Glenn Gearside Bonnie Davison
Joanne Formato Graziadei Wessel
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No she belongs in the dog pound caged up
Tracey Greene
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More judges should follow this and do the same in there court rooms
NeldaandBill Whiteside
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Yeah for the judge.
Bee Espinola
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So she ended up just picking up trash? I would have actually made her sit in a pile of$#%&!@* and not for 8 hours, but for a week without food and water. Completely alone. I like the judge’s idea, but it didn’t seem sufficient.
Christy Cassady
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Not long enough. Should have been a week with no food or water just like she did to her dog!!!
Diane Bannon Miller
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She needs to go without food and water too
Tom Hammer
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Not enough punishment! She need to spend a month in jail.
Diane DiGregorio
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Not punished enough. Dog had to live in that filth for a long time.
Kathleen Cupp
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I love this Judge.
Jayne Knight
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I like the way the judge thinks.
Judy Jackson
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She should have to sit there for a week.
Phyllis Brooks Van Pelt
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Makes me very sad and angry that people treat animals this way.
Shirley Dombrowski
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Was not long enough to sit there should have been much longer