Michael Vick's Woes and Sentencing

Should He Get a Second Chance

Today, Monday, December 10, 2007, Judge Henry E. Hudson saw fit to sentence Atlanta Falcons' player Michael Vick to 23 months in prison for his role as the ringleader in a dogfighting ring. To say that Mr. Hudson's sentence was fair does not go far enough. In fact, I would venture to say that I was surprised that he did not get up to five years for something of that nature. Mr. Vick's irresponsibility in owning and running such a ring goes beyond words. It all goes back to what I have said before: We have lost respect for life, human or animal. Those dogs that Mr. Vick chose to train to fight for show, for amusement, or profit, certainly didn't deserve to die. They should have had their right respected to be adopted out to a person or a family who would have given the love and nurturance due to them. I am horrified that he would even think to do something so despicable. What were he and his cohorts thinking?