Man Who Had Sex With Dead Dog To Stand Trial

[matcom]

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Bay County Circuit Judge Joseph K. Sheeran ruled Friday that even though Michigan law does not explicitly define sex with a dead dog as a crime, charges against a Saginaw man will stand.

Sheeran set a trial date of May 8 for the trial, when Ronald E. Kuch, 45, of Saginaw will face charges of sodomy, indecent exposure and resisting and obstructing an Animal Control officer. If convicted of either of the first two charges, Kuch will then have a hearing on May 30, at which Sheeran will determine whether Kuch is a ''sexually delinquent person.'' If so, the judge could sentence Kuch to prison for any amount of time, from one day to a year, on top of the sentence from the initial charges, which carry up to 15 years in prison.

Kuch's defense attorney, Kathryn Fehrman, argued that Michigan's statute on sodomy and bestiality is vague and does not outlaw sex with a dead dog. Kuch is accused of sexual contact with the carcass of his girlfriend's dog on Oct. 20, about a week after the animal had been hit by a car. The alleged crime occurred near the Forest Day Care Center, 2169 W. Midland Road, on a school day. The teacher was leading an Animal Control officer to the dead dog so he could dispose of it when the pair discovered Kuch, who allegedly scuffled with the officer before fleeing into the woods.

Fehrman asked Sheeran to overrule District Judge Craig D. Alston, who found probable cause that a crime had been committed and that Kuch was the perpetrator.

But Sheeran said Fehrman's interpretation of the sodomy law, which outlaws ''crimes against nature'' and bestiality as well, was off base. He said she ''attempts to use textualization to read the meaning out of the statute and argue that morality has no place in the law.''

Fehrman had said in previous written and oral arguments that a dead dog is not an animal and therefore cannot be violated against its will.

Sheeran said the purpose of the sodomy law is not to protect a specific victim, necessarily, but ''to prevent people from debasing and dehumanizing themselves.'' Such laws also protect society, Sheeran said, and ''prevents people from acting like animals themselves.''

http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-8/117231576565120.xml&coll=4

[peekaloo]

1. Good Gawd. Doggie style will never be the same.

:cry:

:hide:

[NashVegas]

2. Two! Two! Two Fetishes for the Price of One

Ow.

[unpossibles]

3. I'm not sure which is the worst part....

the entire act itself, waiting a week, or doing it in front of a day care.

I will take this moment to reach across the aisle though, and hope this guy doesn't lose his freeper account over this. Damn activist judges!!1!

[Omphaloskepsis]

4. Thanks for the heads-up...

[montanto]

5. Dude, he totally screwed the pooch!

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. I'm gonna think of this

every time I see the Monty Python bit about the sales campaign for Conquistador Instant Coffee that offers a free dead dog with every jar. x(

[Orsino]

7. Oh. I was about to say Executive Privelege, but never mind. n/t

[patricia92243]

8. Just when I think I've heard it all... Good Grief :(

:(

[ikojo]

9. This is just sick.

This guy found a lawyer who would defend him in such a case? OY vey!

[trof]

10. caninenecrophilia

[krispos42]

22. Caninecrophilia :-)

[NNadir]

11. Hopefully the dog will not be called to testify.

There is nothing worth than a dead dog at a trial.

[WI_DEM]

12. That's just plain sick! sex with a dog who was hit by a car a week earlier!

and his "girlfriends" dead pooch to boot!

[KamaAina]

13. They'll never be able to get the evidence to hold up in court

I mean, really! :spank:

[Redneck Socialist]

14. What's this world coming to?

When you can't have sex with a dead dog anymore, without going to court, man... <shakes head sadly>

[Kat45]

15. Didn't you post that story when it happened.

:hi:

[SayWhatYo]

16. Think about his girlfriend feels...

Imagine your boyfriend/girlfriend cheating on you with your dead dog... That must be a total self-esteem killer.

[HEyHEY]

17. I expect that kind of perversion in Florida. But not Michigan! N/T

[LibraLiz1973]

18. What the hell? Was he looking at the dead dog

thinking, thats hot?


puke. barf. ralph.

I am so repulsed right now

[Seabiscuit]

19. How is this sicko going to "mount" a defense?

He couldn't even mount a dead dog without being caught.

Gross.

[SKKY]

20. How could he possibly have gotten "up" for this????

:wtf: is wrong with some people?

[krispos42]

21. A week after it had been hit by a car?!?!?!?!?

Oh, ick.

Man, not only is it not still warm, IT'S COVERED IN FLIES!!!!!!!!

:puke: