{"id":15358,"date":"2015-09-08T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T00:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=15358"},"modified":"2015-09-08T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T00:37:54","slug":"woman-convicted-of-making-video-depicting-the-killing-of-puppies-chickens-and-kittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=15358","title":{"rendered":"Woman Convicted of Making Video Depicting the killing of Puppies, Chickens and Kittens"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Courtroom\"<\/a>A Houston woman plead guilty today to creating and distributing videos depicting the torture and killing of puppies, chickens and kittens, officials said today.<\/p>\n

Ashley Nicole Richards<\/strong> 24, plead guilty in federal court of making what she referred to as “animal crush videos,” according to authorities.<\/p>\n

This is the first known case to be indicted in federal court since the law was amended in 2010, officials said.<\/p>\n

The case went all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, and sparked outrage by animal rights groups and animal owners, officials said.<\/p>\n

Today, Richards pleaded guilty to all five counts as charged, four counts of producing and one count of distribution of the animal crush videos which were obscene in nature.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Sim Lake set sentencing for Dec.<\/p>\n

At that time, Richards faces up to seven years in federal prison on each count of conviction as well as possible $250,000 fine.<\/p>\n

Richards also pleaded guilty to three charges in state court stemming from the same conduct and was sentenced to ten years in prison.<\/p>\n

\"PETA\"<\/a>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals <\/strong>or PETA<\/strong> defines the \u201ccrush\u201d fetish as a cruel and illegal genre of pornography in which women are videotaped or photographed mutilating small animals for the sexual gratification of viewers.<\/p>\n

In crush fetish materials, women are depicted, usually barefoot or in high heels, stepping on (or crushing), torturing and killing different species of animals, ranging from crawfish, crabs and insects to rodents, rabbits, kittens, puppies, cats, dogs and other mammals, PETA officials state.<\/p>\n

Under federal law it is illegal to depict – via photograph, motion-picture film, video, digital recording or electronic image – actual conduct in which one or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians is intentionally crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury, and is obscene.<\/p>\n

This is the first known case to be indicted in federal court since the statute was amended in 2010.<\/p>\n

These are the facts surround this case, according to the evidence:<\/strong><\/p>\n