Teen charged with 19 feline murders

[Veho Nex]

Teen charged in Miami's 19 serial cat killings

He could face a maximum of 158 years in state prison if convicted on all counts, said Terry Shavez, spokeswoman for the state attorney's office.

Oh, what an . I think that cruelty to this magnitude on animals shows signs of something worse later on in life.

[rasoforos]

No doubt. Good that he was caught.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Another Jeffery Dahmer in training. If he's guilty he deserves what he gets.

[Lord Winter]

Messed up yeah, but I'm a little uncomfortable giving him life just for killing cats.

[Jolt]

LOCK THE OUT OF HIM FOR GOOD! CAT KILLER!

Cats are the most adorable animals in the entire world. He'd get the death penalty, if it was up to me.

[Lemur]

It's been demonstrated by several studies that animal cruelty is the single biggest indicator of violence toward humans later in life. Not video games, not abusive parents, not comic books, not sexual "deviancy." If you want to find the rapist/murderer of tomorrow, look at the animal abuser of today.

[Beskar]

It's been demonstrated by several studies that animal cruelty is the single biggest indicator of violence toward humans later in life. Not video games, not abusive parents, not comic books, not sexual "deviancy." If you want to find the rapist/murderer of tomorrow, look at the animal abuser of today.

Reminds me of Disney movies when they have the "evil kid" hurting insects then grow up to be like that.

[Hooahguy]

does this have something to do with the thread about cats in the frontroom?

[KukriKhan]

Weinman, who works odd jobs but spends most of his time at home and unemployed, had been a person of interest for several weeks, Miller said. He was arrested Saturday.

I wonder what made Mr. Weinman a "person of interest"?

[Veho Nex]

does this have something to do with the thread about cats in the frontroom?

No nothing, saw this article posted in the dark corners of the internet needed to bring it to light.

Cats are the most adorable animals in the entire world. He'd get the death penalty, if it was up to me.

Besides the adorable part, I 100% agree with you, I think he should have been shot for what he did. We need to bring back execution by firing squad for sickos like this.

[Scurvy]

Slight overeaction maybe? I don't know the standard prison term for 4 burglary charges, and he has previous, but life in-prisonment for killing cats seems harsh to me.

[Samurai Waki]

Besides the adorable part, I 100% agree with you, I think he should have been shot for what he did. We need to bring back execution by firing squad for sickos like this.

I think the firing squad wouldn't make the cats feel any happier, therefore I propose he should be tied to a post, and be covered with catnip in a cage full of rabies infested psycho cats. Death by Feline seems most appropriate.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

Misdemeanor at the very best.

[Hooahguy]

I think the firing squad wouldn't make the cats feel any happier, therefore I propose he should be tied to a post, and be covered with catnip in a cage full of rabies infested psycho cats. Death by Feline seems most appropriate.

sorry, 8th amendment.

[Veho Nex]

Misdemeanor at the very best.

Misdemeanor huh? Why would you say that?
I believe they aren't just charging him for the killing of cats but of the traumatic sights that the families and possibly even the kids are exposed too.

sorry, 8th amendment.

Constitution isn't relative.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Constitution isn't relative.

It is when cruel and unusual punishments are being suggested.

CR

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Slight overeaction maybe? I don't know the standard prison term for 4 burglary charges, and he has previous, but life in-prisonment for killing cats seems harsh to me.

Why? A man has tortured and killed nineteen cats. I don't care how much value you put on an animal's life, that is completely unacceptable and he should receive life in prison.

[Lord Winter]

So your arguing that killing cats should have stricter punishment then rape?

[Beskar]

I would hate to be Chinese right about now in this thread.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Not an insult to anyone from that nation, but you do serve cuisine containing cat. In South China, the Cantonese actually have a dish called "The Battle Between the Tiger and the Dragon." The ingredients? Cat ("tiger") and snake ("dragon"). It is a strange cultural thing in the west, people object to cats being killed, while next minute, having their chicken drumsticks from KFC.

[Fragony]

serial killer in the making. Maybe he has severe psychological issues, well most probably. These aren't normal crimes, off to the padded walls for a while. Or give him to me. Life in prison because of cats is rediculous though.

[Megas Methuselah]

Why? A man has tortured and killed nineteen cats. I don't care how much value you put on an animal's life, that is completely unacceptable and he should receive life in prison.

I've killed four mice this past winter when they tried making a home out of my house. One was pregnant.

You plan on sentencing me to 10 years for this, mister Judge-on-your-high-throne?

[LittleGrizzly]

Err, do you see a slight difference between removing a pest from your house and torturing and killing a cat ?!

Sick as hell, i absolutely adore cats they are the cutest things around....

Saying that the possible sentence seems a little high.... if he as i suspect is seriously messed up in the head he needs to go to an institution until he is fixed or dead...

If he isn't wrong in the head in someway then a few years in prison is required at least...

[Megas Methuselah]

Err, do you see a slight difference between removing a pest from your house and torturing and killing a cat ?!

Sick as hell, i absolutely adore cats they are the cutest things around....

Saying that the possible sentence seems a little high.... if he as i suspect is seriously messed up in the head he needs to go to an institution until he is fixed or dead...

If he isn't wrong in the head in someway then a few years in prison is required at least...

I'll wait until the next kid comes by and starts telling me how cute mice are.

I used my hockey stick for the most part. You have to hit them quick just to stun them for a moment, then use the time to take a slapshot and send them hurling against the wall. Then you can start hacking them until they're dead, or maybe just step on them and hear all the bones break beneath your heel. I've never personally stepped on any, but it was a favourite of my grampa's back on the reserve.

Anyways, yes, this kid killed a bunch of cats. Go ahead, mourn their deaths, cry in a corner. But he should be sent to a mental institution for rehabilitation, not a prison (where he'll no doubt be raped over and over by the men coldly abandoned by an uncaring society).

[Veho Nex]

It is when cruel and unusual punishments are being suggested.

CR

I'm using it in the other sense. You can change a constitution.

Also its not just that he killed them. Its that he took other peoples cats tortured and mutilated them. Then he left them there I guess, since the article talks about how the families would find the mutilated bodies.

[LittleGrizzly]

I'll wait until the next kid comes by and starts telling me how cute mice are.

I think mice are cute... and i actively go out of my way to avoid killing most insects... i haven't killed one purposely for years and will only kill one if its being a major major pest...

But that being said this kid killed and tortured 19 cats for fun.... not because they were a pest in his house or because they carry diseases but he delighted in thier crys for pain...

If someone acted the same way about mice i would be equally worried, not killing mice but purposely torturing them to death for his own sick pleasure... it would just be easier to get away with by claiming the mice are pests you are removing...

[Megas Methuselah]

I'm wondering if you even read my post.

Anyways, yes, this kid killed a bunch of cats. Go ahead, mourn their deaths, cry in a corner. But he should be sent to a mental institution for rehabilitation, not a prison (where he'll no doubt be raped over and over by the men coldly abandoned by an uncaring society).

Also:

Its that he took other peoples cats tortured and mutilated them.

Ok. I'll go stomp 19 front-yard gardens in my neighbourhood and make some housewives angry. Sentence me to life.

[LittleGrizzly]

Im my post you quoted i mentioned i thought he should be sent to an institution... so that pretty much covered that part...

Your cry in the corner thing seemed like a bit of an over exageration but i kind of answered that when i said i think mice are cute to but theres a bit of a difference between killing a pest and purposefully torturing an animal for your own sick pleasure...

Your stomping 19 front yard gardens thing doesn't make sense... was there supposed to be a mention of mice in there ?

If you were abducting othern peoples pet mice and torturing them in a similar manner and to a similar scale as this guy then yes i would want you locked up...

[Andres]

I killed some flies yesterday...

[Beskar]

I heard you were the .org Mafia in disguise :O

[Meneldil]

Little sickos like him deserve nothing but death.

He would have killed mice, frogs, toads or anything else, I would have said the same. Enjoying to torture and slowly put to death others living beings is despisable.

Shot him or lock him up with bad guys, that'll teach him.