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A thief was spared from prison because the judge felt sorry for his cat. The lawyer of the defendant told the judge that there was no cat flap installed in his house and there was no one to feed the cat. The judge asked the defendant if he could kindly think of the cat a bit more before he went shoplifting again. And he let him go off with a 75 pound fine. Last year the judge let another defendant go off with a curfew so he would be able to attend a rock festival.
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I think this is absolutely ridiculous; the whole justice system seems like a joke when you read this article. Anyone who is thinking about committing a crime will think “hell if I get caught I just come up with some lame excuse and the judge will let me go anyways”. I think that if the judge is concerned about the cat he could have send someone else to fetch it and put it in an animal shelter for the time being. And the costs would have to be paid for by the thug when he gets out of jail.
I agree with you. It's rediculous. If they feel sorry for a cat (those evil creatures), they will feel sorry for everything and indeed everyone will come up with "lame excuses" after comitting a crime. We're living in a crazy world sista.
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