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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Julie Schmitt Schaffer
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Good for the judge, should have been longer than 8 hours though.
Dianne Maitland
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Yes, somewhat
Nicholas B. Howe
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I would have sentenced her to a week at the animal shelter. She looks like she’s been eating fairly good so 3 square meals of the same$#%&!@* With just water. See how she pans out.
Mickey Ferrera
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She should be punished dog can’t speak for itself pain that indored
Stewart Morton
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Surely that would be a punishment for the judge not her
Karri McLaughlin
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Love the punishment, more judges should be like him.
Gareth Brooking
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Not harsh enough.
Tami Schubbe
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I could barely understand anything you tried to say…. all I could catch was “racist”
Greg Nichols
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not enough.
Colleen Jellicoe
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Good for him! She’s disgusting and deserves everything she got! Don’t let her have another pet, she’s an abuser.
Veronica Anderson
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Nasty girl, instead of her just being there why isn’t she doing work cleaning a stinky area
Rick Reis
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Fat pig
Kill yourself
Bill Wall
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Yes totally justified
If it were me I would have had her stay there for longer like 24 hrs minimum!
Pam Harris Germain
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Way to easy for that bag! Should make her eat dog food wet at that! Then put her in a hot house for a week!
Grace Chadwick
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should be a week
Kirsten Lunde Frandsen
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A wise judge here. She really deserves to taste her own medicine. She is cruel and she should not be able to have any animals in the future.
Christopher Sobczak
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not enough judge should sentence her to 5 years living in the landfill with nothing sit outside sleep outside and karma will be a b–ch payback
Julio Solano
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She should have received the whole week.
Parshv Lalwani
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Pooja Pradhan
Desleigh Bycroft
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Should have been for a week 24/7 like poor moose. Never have an animal again
Magda Mega
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Dont ever to have any pet anymore.
Rose Moss
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at last a judge who is not afraid to set the bar for punishments. Could go a lot further as you mentioned Sandy. A few hours is not like a week for the dog.
Debra VanAusdale
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No. Let her be trapped in a small place with no food or water for a week.
Michael N Julia Smith
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Should’ve been for at least one (1) week & without food or water!!! Then it would be a fair punishment!!!
Johnny N Janet Gann
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It’s a start! Ban her from having pets — for life!
Ingo Wagener
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Ok but I would have given her 8 days on the dump
Angie Baran
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I think thats clever but still needs jail time..maybe let her starve for a week will do too
Mary Alice Stetson
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Great job judge thank you
Glenn Nunes
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WRONG!! She’s probably a disgusting piece of trash to begin with. Go To Jail. Go To Jail for a long time. Never own any type of animal for the rest of your life. Judges are way to lenient
Judy Ingram
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Scumbag should get the same treatment she gave the dog!! Asswipe
Lionel Bowden
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8 hours isn’t long enough
Linda Johnston
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Need more judges like him
Jenny Schelling
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She should starve , and live in the dambs , can imagined how she will treat her children, born evel
Ernest Sonny Black
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Hats off to The Judge
Coral Buton
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A switched on Guy but then send he to prison for a term .
Jenny Slater
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Jail
Sharon Allen
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Way to go Judge!
Bruce Greene
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She left him for a week, she should have to sit there for the whole month of August, the clean the kennels at the vets office until he has recovered, then he should bite her sorry a _ _.
Karen Lewis
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Eye for an eye. Abuse her
Amy Bachman Rasely
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No i would have shaved her hair off unevenly also
Sharon Osborn
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Should of been longer with no food or water
Shannon Simons
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Shari Heinzmann read this
Dineen Charest
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I would have made her do it every day for a week
Shari Heinzmann
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Ya gotta love this guy….
Maupin Cindy
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and the PIG should go without food….and water….maybe she would loose some of that FAT..!!!!!
Jeff Schnier
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What goes around comes a round . She got what she deserved .lol.
Erin Grace Bereknyei
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If that was her house, she was already living in it. A dump trip isn’t going to change her.
Brenda Englutt
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Serves her right! !
Catherine Carroll
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No it doesn’t!!!! She should be starved and exist in her own filth for a week and then JAILED!!!!
Elizabeth Multimuse Meacham
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Her fat$#%&!@*had food but the dog didn’t. She needs to have something else happen to her though.