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Call Out Judge for Protecting Killers Who Beat Duck with Baseball Bat

Call Out Judge for Protecting Killers Who Beat Duck with Baseball Bat

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We have a sad update on a criminal case we've been following in Alabama. We first informed you of the disturbing case involving Thomas “Landon” Grant and Jacob Frye back in July. The two men lured a helpless and beloved Muscovy duck from a Central Alabama Community College campus pond and then beat the duck with a baseball bat resulting in the poor duck’s death. Astonishingly, the judge in the case is now protecting the criminals! We cannot stand by without comment on this travesty of justice!

After the brutal beating, the vicious men dumped the mortally wounded creature in the woods to suffer for hours before being found and taken to a veterinarian to be euthanized.

Grant and Frye's attorneys asked Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Steve Perryman to grant the violent duo “youthful offender status.” This status would provide the offenders with a number of benefits and would essentially diminish the punishment for the suffering of the victim and erase the victim from the public’s memory.

The crime, in this case, is a Class C felony, which carries a maximum sentence of up to ten years in prison. Under youthful offender status, the maximum prison sentence is just three years, and all of the information involved in the case, including the charges, arrests, and court proceedings, are deemed off-limits.

Unfortunately, Judge Steve Perryman ultimately decided to grant both individuals with youthful offender status. However, under Alabama law, a defendant is not eligible for this status if the "defendant intentionally inflicted serious physical injury or intentionally killed the victim in the commission of the crime." Of course, this provision should apply to helpless animal victims who suffer, not only humans.

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