dope ( @dope@beehaw.org ) 34•1 year agoDefense attorney Colin Stephens told jurors that Howald had peacefully co-existed with the gay and lesbian community in Basin for decades. Howald testified that he is gay. “At his core, Howald is not a crusading bigot, who is hell bent for leather on wiping lesbians from the Earth,” Stephens said in his sentencing memo.
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Self-hatred being projected onto innocent people who just want to live their lives.
In 2006, Howald was sentenced to two years in prison for felony aggravated animal cruelty, after pleading guilty to shooting a chocolate Labrador at a southwestern Montana campground and decapitating the dog with a chain saw.
cowvin ( @cowvin@kbin.social ) 17•1 year agoHarming animals is absolutely a sign of someone being deranged. Many eventually escalate to harming humans.
dope ( @dope@beehaw.org ) 4•1 year agoVery true. Dahmer, Bundy, DeSalvo… the list goes on. It’s a quick query away from Google or whatever preferred search engine used: animal cruelty and criminals.
wicked82 ( @wicked82@readit.buzz ) 2•1 year agoAbsolutely, if you can do that to an innocent animal you are a fucking monster with no redeemable qualities. They deserve to rot.
AbidanYre ( @AbidanYre@beehaw.org ) 7•1 year agoDoes he think it doesn’t count because the dog wasn’t gay?
Fuck this guy; let him rot in jail.
6pick6el6 ( @6pick6el6@kbin.social ) 5•1 year agoOH yeah, he deserves life. No fixing that.
Dickbutt ( @Dickbutt@kbin.social ) 4•1 year agoIt’s always projection with these guys.
TheButtonJustSpins ( @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) English24•1 year agoLocal residents who were leaving church that morning and knew Howald stalled him long enough for a sheriff’s deputy to respond.
Good job!
C. Jonah ( @matzah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 16•1 year agoFuck this loser. Good on his neighbors.
dog ( @hellothisisdog@yiffit.net ) 5•1 year agowow, what a waste of space. i hope his chance at appeal is somewhere between 0% and 1%
His attorney plans an appeal? Lol
tookmyname ( @tookmyname@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year agoHe’s waiting for his pardon.