April 30, 2010 PERMISSION TO CROSS POST Yesterday afternoon, Judge Jeffrey Berry rendered his verdict on all counts in the case presented against Keum and Chong Lee regarding the terrible abuse of two horses seized, last spring, on their Wallkill property. 1. Judge Jeffrey Berry found Chong Lee NOT GUILTY on both FELONY abuse charges brought against him. 2. Judge Berry found Chong Lee GUILTY of both MISDEMEANOR animal abuse charges brought against him. 3. Judge Berry found Keum Lee NOT GUILTY on both FELONY abuse charges brought against her. 4. Judge Berry found Keum Lee GUILTY of both MISDEMEANOR animal abuse charges brought against her. So there you have it. The voice of justice. Which means, quite simply, this: because of the language of the law, you can inflict life threatening pain and suffering on an animal, in New York State, and walk away, judged NOT GUILTY of felony animal abuse. You can garden in your yard while, yards away, a horse stands, head hanging in unendurable pain, suffering minute by minute, with no food provided, every rib protruding--and be judged: NOT GUILTY of animal abuse. Because, that is exactly what happened to Suzi. According to the witnesses presented. According to Keum H. Lee: she didn't know. Though she has a doctorate in physics, she didn't understand. And though her husband, Dr. Chong Lee, has a medical degree and has actively practiced medicine for years, he too: didn't know. He too: didn't understand. Their claim? They didn't INTEND to bring harm to the horses. The laws in this state regarding animal abuse reflect what you, as a citizen of New York, will tolerate. Is what happened in this case okay by you? Are the laws in this state regarding felony animal abuse what YOU want them to be? Are you OKAY with this tolerance of animal abuse going on, and on, and on--because YOU accept this as justice? No? Go to this website: http://www.nysenate.gov/ and here http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/ Find your elected representatives and CALL and WRITE and EMAIL them today and demand the word INTENT be removed from the felony animal abuse law and the word NEGLECT be put into the law. Tell them you want language that will convict and truly protect animals, from human abusers, written into the felony animal abuse law of New York State, and you want it NOW. Every day, people inflict unimaginable pain on animals, and walk away from justice because of the language in our felony animal abuse law. If you don't act to change it, you, and all of us, are looking into the eyes of these animals--and then simply, turning away. Because the current laws are your laws. Our laws. And we are tolerating them. Please act, and act each week, to change this. Please: be persistent. Please: demand answers from your representatives on this issue. Please: don't turn away. There is no one else to help them. But you. Please don't turn away. Linda
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