Submitted by bepeacenc (not verified) on Tue, 08/28/2012 - 3:36pm.
I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the Branham family, however I do not sympathize with their cause to harshen the sentence for animal cruelty. As a NC resident and survivor of domestic violence I find it disgusting and demeaning that the Branham family would suggest a harsher punishment for fatal strangulation of their family pet than the punishment for non-fatal strangulation of a human.
This person has no prior history of violence
I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the Branham family, however I do not sympathize with their cause to harshen the sentence for animal cruelty. As a NC resident and survivor of domestic violence I find it disgusting and demeaning that the Branham family would suggest a harsher punishment for fatal strangulation of their family pet than the punishment for non-fatal strangulation of a human.