Legal Rulings
In 2004, due to increased pressure from LCA supporters, the Supreme Court of New Jersey canceled the bear-hunting season before it started in December. In 2007, their investigation into cockfighting in Arkansas led to the nation's biggest cockfighting ring bust. In 2008 they helped the Rwandan Wildlife Authorities place GPS tags on 120 endangered mountain gorillas.
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“If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. This, and this alone, is why lawbreakers ought to be punished: to authenticate as good, and to encourage as useful, law-abiding behavior. The aim of criminal law cannot be correction or deterrence; it can only be the maintenance of the legal order.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)