WILDLIFE Photographer faces SECOND Trial for saving 2 eaglets.. Petition below. Please consider Thank you The DNR and the prosecutor spoke of Patterson as if he were an eaglet-napper and reported that he had once been cited for “baiting” owls. He allows that he was ticketed for “harassing wildlife” after some hardcore bird watchers complained that he was interfering with their activities by using mice to draw owls. His sole intent was to take photos. “I like owls,” he says. In rescuing the eaglets, Patterson had considerable popular support. An online petition on his behalf collected more than 50,000 signatures. At the trial, the judge barred Patterson’s lawyer from offering what is known as a “necessity defense,” where a person is left with no choice but to break the law in order to save a life. The jury never got to hear what Patterson’s expert witnesses told the judge. “They said, ‘He saved these birds,’” Patterson says. But that truth was implicit enough that it apparently arose during the jury’s deliberations. The result was the deadlock leading to the mistrial. The new trail is slated for February, which happens to be around the time the eagles will likely be starting another brood. They have a new nest in a tree back on the campus of the community college, whose sports teams happen to be named the Eagles. By then, the less seriously injured of the two eaglets is expected to be released. The other is still on the mend, but was doing well the last Patterson heard. “She’s looking real good,” Patterson says. https://change.org/p/brian-j-towne-lasalle-county-state-s-attorney-drop-charges-against-good-samaritan-for-rescuing-bald-eagles?recruiter=6226622&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=des-lg-share_petition-reason_msg
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:57:20 +0000
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