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‘Serious Bodily Harm’ Does Not Include Animals, Massachusetts Supreme Court Holds

Loaded on May 22, 2018 by Dale Chappell published in Criminal Legal News June, 2018, page 41
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Juveniles, State Statutes. Location: Massachusetts.

by Dale Chappell

The term “serious bodily harm” does not include harm to animals, unless the statute expressly says so, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held, tossing out a youthful offender indictment.

After a 14-year-old juvenile tortured a dog, the Commonwealth indicted him as a youthful offender for cruelty ...

 

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