DALLAS -- A 21-year-old is in jail Thursday morning charged in the torture death of the 10-month-old puppy, Mercy, who was stabbed, doused with gasoline and set on fire and died Sunday after several surgeries. DeShawn Brown was arrested shortly after midnight in Corinth, nearly two weeks after Mercy's tortured body was found in a wooded area April 14. Brown is accused of stabbing the 10-month-old pit bull mix, dousing her with gasoline and setting her body on fire. He is accused of animal cruelty, a felony that could carry a sentence of up to 10 years.
Mercy was taken to Carrollton animal shelter Operation Kindness for emergency surgery. Despite numerous emergency surgeries, she died days later. "I think all personnel in this are quite relieved to have a man in custody due to the cruelty of this crime," Sgt. Roger Patterson said. "It's cruel and it's evil, and it takes an evil person to do that ... and there's no reason for them to do that," Rock Creek pet owner Lachelle Duvall said.
There is a public memorial service to remember Mercy this Saturday at 10 a.m. at Operation Kindness. It was originally a private memorial, but so many viewers have asked about a service that the shelter has decided to make it public so everyone could attend.
But we all know he will never get incarcerated for 10 years no matter how heinous the crime was. Mercy was only a dog and no jury in their right mind would assess such a penalty in defense of an animal. I don't necessarily think that is fair but I think it is true.
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Justice is when this criminal receives exactly what he has inflicted. This is not only a matter of extreme torture of an animal. How would you like this disturbed criminal living next door to you? Or your Mother, or your children? Like sex offenders, it should be public knowledge where this person lives, long with maximum punishment. He is indeed a threat and menace to society.
This individual does have a problem. His crime was horrible and could be a stepping stone to even more heinous acts and should be punished. No, I wouldn't want him living next door to me. But even though the law states that this sort of crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, you know that our criminal justice system must examine all points before determining guilt or punishment. Perhaps he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol? What is his mental health or capacity to determine right from wrong? What extenuating circumstances may have led him to do this? Is he a first time offender? I don't necessarily agree with this system that sometimes leaves criminals unpunished or the innocent incarcerated or executed but that's the way it is; Fair or not.
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