Sentenced dog

He was known as the Pennsylvania killer of cats and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state prison for a gruesome murder Eastern cats governor of Pensilvaniya.

According to the newspaper stories of the time, a black Labrador named Pep attacked and killed a cat belonging to the wife of the then Governor of Pennsylvania Gifford Pinchot. And absolutely not suffering from any remorse for his despicable crime, Pep received a life sentence without the possibility of parole. But he was framed, and Pep was actually quite innocent. His only crime was actually only in the fact that he tore the pillow from the couch on the porch of the house of the governor. Killing the cat was solid fiction writing as a newspaper reporter. Son of Governor Pinchot later recalled how his father just threw thousands of letters requesting the release of Pepa, after the photo appeared in newspapers dogs with inmate number on grudi.

Of course, in reality the situation was far less exciting. Pep was originally a gift to the Governor of Pennsylvania from the nephew of his wife Cornelia Bryce Pinchot. One of her relatives was engaged in breeding Labradors. He became the darling of the household at the beginning of his first term as governor Pinchot, which lasted from 1923 to 1927.

But in early 1924, he tore the pillow from the couch on the porch. Pinchot decided that naughty dog ​​must take a course at a penitentiary in Maine. Pep was sent to prison, but not as a prisoner. During a visit to Maine, Governor Pinchot saw how dogs are used as therapy to help rehabilitate prisoners, and thought that Pep may be the perfect candidate. In fact, Pep was sent to prison as a pet for the prisoners. In 1929, when a new prison was built in Greyterforde 90 km away from the old, the Pep transferred there. As a result, he died of natural causes and was buried in the prison.

Source: mirfactov.com/