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A mooooooving story of sensible judging in Moooooorestown

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to blog posts here and here, I learned of a local story concerning a New Jersey sex offense case that calls out for comical commentary.   This New York Daily News piece, headlined "Judge dismisses animal cruelty charges against police officer Robert Melia for sex with cows," provides the details: A New Jersey judge has dismissed animal cruelty charges against a cop accused of committing a sex act with young cows, saying a grand jury had no way of knowing whether the animals were "tormented." Moorestown police officer Robert Melia, who is currently suspended, allegedly engaged in oral sex acts with five calves in Southampton in 2006.   Since New Jersey currently has no law explicitly banning such an act, prosecutors in Burlington county brought animal cruelty charges against Melia, the Philadelphia Daily News reports...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).