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11-15-2007, 03:43 PM
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UPDATE: Congo allowed to go home.
NJ.com: Everything Jersey (http://www.nj.com/centraljersey/index.ssf/2007/11/judges_order_will_allow_congo.html - broken link)
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Judge's order will allow Congo to go home
by Linda Stein/The TimesThursday November 15, 2007, 3:13 PM
A Superior Court judge signed a consent order to free Congo the German shepherd Thursday afternoon, meaning that the Princeton Township dog, which was declared vicious and condemned to death by a lower court judge on Tuesday for biting and scratching a landscaper, is expected to be released to his owners' custody while his case continues to be appealed.
Congo has been held at the SAVE -- A Friend to Homeless Animals shelter in the township.
The consent order includes several conditions, chief among them that Congo must wear a muzzle whenever he is outside his owners' Stuart Road West house. Also, Congo is not allowed to leave the property of his owners, Guy and Elizabeth James, without prior approval of the township's animal control officer.
Guy James said that he and his family are thrilled with the order.
We "are so ecstatic," James said. "If you want something badly enough, you go get it. On Tuesday, we shed tears of sorrow and today we're shedding tears of joy."
He thanked all his supporters who sent messages from around the world and said the fight to clear Congo's name and have his death sentence reversed is not over.
The Jameses contend Congo should not have been deemed vicious and sentenced to die because he was clearly, but inadvertently, provoked by landscaper Giovanni Rivera in the June 5 incident on the James's 10-acre fenced-in property.
Municipal Court Judge Russell Annich Jr. had ruled that Congo's attack was unprovoked.
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Nice to know that the will of the people can still be honored in this country.
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11-15-2007, 06:33 PM
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Location: Tennessee
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I'm really happy for these people that they got Congo back, the next thing that should be reversed is the $250,000. lawsuit.
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11-15-2007, 06:47 PM
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Location: Southern Arizona
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Originally Posted by Vagabond
UPDATE: Congo allowed to go home.
Nice to know that the will of the people can still be honored in this country.
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Originally Posted by Jim280
I'm really happy for these people that they got Congo back, the next thing that should be reversed is the $250,000. lawsuit.
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Thankfully, LOGIC DOES PREVAIL so let's hope it continues with the tossing of that ridiculous award. |
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11-15-2007, 06:50 PM
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Location: Dallas, Texas
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Originally Posted by Bummer
Thankfully, LOGIC DOES PREVAIL so let's hope it continues with the tossing of that ridiculous award.
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I agree, but poor Congo isn't out of the woods yet. He's just allowed to go home while his death sentence is being appealed.
I doubt the award will be tossed since the ins. company settled out of court. |
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11-15-2007, 06:59 PM
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Maybe President Bush should be contacted to pardon him!
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11-16-2007, 09:40 PM
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The dog discussion is all I'll allow at this point. The exchanges are getting a bit unpleasant, and farther off topic.
Last edited by NewToCA; 11-16-2007 at 09:49 PM..
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11-18-2007, 12:13 PM
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im calling for a large fine for the dog's owner and his family. what were they doing hiring illegal immigrants in the first place?!?!!?!?
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11-18-2007, 01:28 PM
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im calling for a large fine for the dog's owner and his family. what were they doing hiring illegal immigrants in the first place?!?!!?!?
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They did not know they were illegal. The owner of the business sent them I'll bet that the business owner knew they were illegal.
A fine for the dogs owner when the dogs were on their own private property? |
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11-18-2007, 01:37 PM
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Location: Southern Arizona
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Originally Posted by Miborn
They did not know they were illegal. The owner of the business sent them I'll bet that the business owner knew they were illegal.
A fine for the dogs owner when the dogs were on their own private property?
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Great point, Miborn
If the ILLEGALS had been on their own property as much as Congo was . . . END OF STORY! !  ! ! ! |
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11-18-2007, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Miborn
They did not know they were illegal. The owner of the business sent them I'll bet that the business owner knew they were illegal.
A fine for the dogs owner when the dogs were on their own private property?
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they shouldve done their homework. fine them heavily! |
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