Target: Janet Futa, Deputy Prosecutor for Honolulu County, Hawaii
Goal: Commend prosecutor for seeking the maximum possible punishment for a man accused of participating in the brutal killing of 15 albatrosses.
A young man who recently plead no contest for his participation in the violent and gruesome deaths of 15 Laysan albatrosses at a natural conservation area will now face the maximum possible penalties during his upcoming sentencing. Thanks to public outcry, such as from this petition on ForceChange, the prosecutor handling this case, Janice Futa, has agreed that the callous nature of this crime cannot go unpunished.
The accused man, Christian Gutierrez, who was 18 at the time of the attack, had been camping with two younger teen friends near Kaena Point, a protected wildlife preserve. Gutierrez has plead no contest to allegations that he had joined his companions in the shocking and cruel beating, dismemberment and murder of over a dozen birds at a nesting site. Several albatrosses were found with missing feet, while many eggs were crushed and destroyed.
Gutierrez’s attorney has tried to argue that his client should not be punished due to his age and the fact he faced peer pressure. However, given the extreme cruelty of this crime it is clear that justice must be served. If the judge accepts this sentencing, Gutierrez will face over a year in jail and may have to pay over $6,000 in fines.
Animal cruelty is a serious crime and it must be treated as such. Sign this petition to thank prosecutor Janice Futa for standing up for these innocent birds.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Ms. Futa,
I would like to thank you for seeking the maximum penalty in the case of accused albatross killer, Christian Gutierrez. Even though Gutierrez agreed to assist in the continuing investigation against his peers as part of his plea deal, the extreme callousness involved in this shocking crime cannot be ignored. Over a dozen protected albatrosses were murdered and dismembered in a heinous and cold-hearted fashion, and justice must be sought.
Across the United States and beyond, cases of animal abuse far too often result in lenient sentencing, causing untold amounts of suffering to go unpunished. I wish to thank you for taking this case seriously and hope that it will send a message to others.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: David Patte/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
To bad peer pressure didn’t have him jump in one if the volcanos out there…perr pressure my butt…
THANK YOU, Ms. Futa, for taking this matter seriously!
PLEASE accept this sentencing, so that Gutierrez will face over a year in jail and may have to pay over $6,000 in fines.
Serial killers in the making. Monsters already.
18 years old is HARDLY too young to not know better. What kind of “peer pressure” when he was older than his companions? HE was the ringleader!
I’m glad the prosecutor is taking this issue seriously, but really – does it take a petition with a lot of signatures for magistrates to DO THE RIGHT THING?
Too bad punishment can’t include cutting off all of these bastard’s dicks so they will never bring more garbage like themselves into the world.
And for what it’s worth, I don’t think the punishment is nearly enough.
These are crimes against all of us, against nature, against human dignity. Perpetrators of these baseless, heinous acts must be punished to the maximum extent, and that extent needs to be increased substantially.
They need to get all these rich kids not just one. I understand that there were several of them from one of the best schools in Hawaii. These rich bastards need to go down for what they did to these marvelous birds. Take them out of our society they have no right to be among us now.
Thank you so much Ms. Futa…I often cry signing these petitions believing they fall on deaf ears. Thank you for proving me wrong. You are one in a million…no in a trillion!!!!!
1 year and $6000 is NOTHING!! We demand a stricter sentence!!!!
CHRISTIAN GUTIERREZ, dismemberment and murder over a dozen birds at a nesting site. Several albatrosses were found with missing feet, while many eggs were crushed and destroyed near Kaena Point, a protected wildlife preserve.
What’s next??????????????? CHILDREN????????????
THANK YOU Janet Futa, Deputy Prosecutor for Honolulu County, Hawaii for seeking the maximum possible punishment for CHRISTIAN GUTIERREZ accused of participating in the brutal killing of 15 albatrosses.
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I hope for every albatross parent and baby that you killed, that u pay by getting brutally beaten and or killed along with your worthless ilk cohorts. You are shit as humans. That judgement is b.s.
Hear, Hear!!
TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!! PUNISHMENT FITS THE CRIME POS EVIL DEMONIC SCUM!!!!!
100ù agree with you. This guy must die
I hope all three die painful death like shark eating them
LET’S PUT THEM IN A ROOM WITH THOUSANDS OF “ASIAN HORNETS”!!! SEE HOW THEY LIKE THAT SH&T!!!!!! PISS OF THE HORNETS TOO….THEM SLAM THE DEMONS IN THE ROOM AND LOCK THE DOOR!!!!!
SEE YA…WOULDN’T WANT TO BE YA!!!!!!
FED THIS TURD TO THE LIONS DEN FOR PUNISHMENT NOW.
There is no excuse for these losers who killed innocent birds! Put the motherfuckers in jail for a long time!
I hope they love his ass in jail!
This sentence is way TOO lax — CRIMES AGAINST ANIMALS MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY — Throw the little idiot-monsters in jail — WHO CARES WHY THEY DID IT! — We must ensure these monster-imbeciles stay away from animals FOREVER — the depraved indifference & sadistic abuse inflicted on these innocent, vulnerable birds is telling of unconscionable, irrational, unbalanced, sadistic & hateful, immoral humans (whether they”re “kids” or not) — CRIMES AGAINST ANIMALS MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY — PUNISHMENTS & PENALTIES MUST BE SEVERE!! — We do NOT want repeats of these crimes — EVER!