Judge Mark Karl sentenced Strope to 20 days in jail for each count, totaling 320 days. However, 305 of those days will be suspended and the rest, he will spend in jail on the weekends. Karl also orders Strope to pay a $600 fine.
[Twenty days for the suffering he caused. "The Marshall County Sheriff's Office officials said 12 more cows were too malnourished to be nursed back to health and have died, bringing the total dead to 28." Pretty pathetic sentence. He didn't even get one day for each animal that slowly starved to death.]
At the end of the proceedings, a discussion was brought up on whether or not Strope would be permitted to own cattle, or any other animals again.
After hearing both sides, Karl sided with the prosecution, telling Strope he would not be permitted to own animals for 80 years, but would revisit that decision after he completes his two-year probationary period.
(WTOV Steubenville - Feb 8, 2013)
