ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer Animal-rights activist and former child actress Pamelyn Ferdin, the voice of Lucy in the classic ``Peanuts'' TV specials, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for carrying a wooden pole at a circus protest. The sentencing and her formal surrender culminated a four-year misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony. At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. case that was appealed to the state Supreme Court and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Ferdin argued that her right to free speech was curtailed by a city ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been that prohibits the possession of wooden poles of a certain size at demonstrations. In August 1999 she was charged with carrying a bull hook - a two-foot wooden pole with a metal hook, used to train elephants Elephants Slang for large institutions that make trades in very high volumes. Notes: Examples of elephants are mutual funds, pension plans, banks, and insurance companies. One elephant trade can dramatically move the market price for a security. - at a protest against Circus Vargas at Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. . The ordinance was written in the 1970s after pickets used their sign handles as weapons against police. The Agoura Hills resident continued to argue her case right up to her sentencing, saying she had the bull hook as evidence of elephant trainers' cruelty Cruelty See also Brutality. Achren mean, spiteful enchantress of Spiral Castle. [Children’s Lit.: The Castle of Llyr] Allan, Barbara spurned her dying sweetheart because of a fancied slight. [Br. to the animals. ``I'm not a danger to the public,'' she said. But San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Superior Court Judge Robert J. Schuit admonished Ferdin for making the case about her and animal rights when, in his view, it was about being a ``nation of laws'' and her possession of what he termed a weapon. Ferdin's 30-day term was the sentence she received several years ago at her trial. The City Attorney's office originally sought a six-month sentence. Sheriff's officials said she was being considered for a work-release program that would reduce her jail time. Ferdin is a former child actress who appeared in dozens of shows and films in the 1960s and '70s, including ``Star Trek'' and ``The Odd Couple.'' She was the voice of Lucy Van Pelt Lucy van Pelt is a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts, written and drawn by Charles Schulz. She is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. Lucy is a crabby and cynical eight-year-old girl, and is often mean to the other characters in the strip, in several classic ``Peanuts'' animated specials. ``It's a sad day that our taxpayer moneys are being used to lock up somebody like her for doing what she was doing,'' said her husband, Jerry Vlasak Jerry Vlasak is an American physician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, and press officer for the North American Animal Liberation Press Office. He is a member of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a director of the Animal Defense League, a former member . ``Like Lucy, she's got a big mouth, and she's going to say what she'll say, and we're real proud of her.'' Harrison Sheppard, (213) 978-0390 harrison.sheppard(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Former child actor Pamelyn Ferdin shows a bull hook similar to the one she held when she was arrested three years ago during a demonstration against a circus in Woodland Hills. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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