Dog Found in Dumpster

I wrote an article for Associated Content about a dog that was found here locally in a dumpster. You can read about it here.
Since I wrote that, a jury voted to convict the scumbag on SECOND degree animal abuse, and the MAXIMUM sentence for that is six months. I'm furious.
If you visit the site, please vote for my article.
I can't believe someone could do something like that to an animal and get six months or less of jail time, if he serves that at all. It's ridiculous.