Cheyenne Cherry's Juvenile Accomplice Sentenced

Cheyenne Cherry, a 17 year-old woman, plea-bargained for a one year imprisonment for the crime of cruelty to animals.

While I consider the sentence to be no more than a "slap on the wrist", since she will no doubt be released within 6 months, her unspeakable act of cruelty, in concert with her 14 year-old accomplice, of placing a helpless kitten, into an oven, as a "joke", leaving the apartment so as not to have to hear the kitten's tortured screams. This was one of the most despicable and blatantly violent crimes of animal brutality I have encountered. Cherry is expected to begin her jail-time after being sentenced on September 2.

Tiger Lily, the kitten killed by the two girls For animal lovers, it will be a long time before the memory of Cheyenne Cherry and her 14-year-old accomplice's ineffable act of cruelty to animals will be forgotten.

This heinous crime has stirred the outrage of animal lovers throughout the country to take action, with harsh petitions created on the Internet aimed at the courts, expressing their anger and urging the judge to show no leniency. A huge public outcry arose after a plea bargain was reached for Cherry.

Recently information was released with an update about what punitive decisions were reached concerning Cherry's young accomplice:

The 14 year-old "partner in crime", a teen mother of a four-month old baby girl, who is presently serving time for an unrelated crime in a juvenile detention center in the Bronx, NY, pleaded guilty to burglary and aggravated animal cruelty. She will spend 18 months in juvenile jail for her participation in the murder of Tiger Lily, the 8 week-old kitten, according to the New York City Law Department.

Since she was sentenced as a "juvenile", her name was not released. According to Joseph Pentangelo, the ASPCA's Assistant Director, she openly told investigators that she assisted Cherry in "tossing the kitten into the oven, after setting it to 500 degrees", and helping to destroy the kitten's owner's apartment.

The ASPCA has been overwhelmed with angry phone calls according to Pentangelo.

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What are your reactions to this breaking news? Do you feel that justice is being served and that an explicit and powerful message is being sent which clearly demonstrates the severity of the crime of animal cruelty is being made? Leave a comment and let us know.