I was extremely interested about the outcome of the McEwen case, but disappointed that the 60-day jail sentence was suspended. I just got a sticker from the Animal Legal Defense Fund which states, “Abuse an animal… go to jail.”

Obviously, this legislation hasn’t been enacted in Alaska yet, but hopefully it will be at some time in the future. If police officer Cassandra McEwen had received some time behind bars, it would have sent a…