Hmph.
Adam Durand, 26, was convicted earlier this month on three counts of criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of 90 days, fined $1,500, ordered to serve 100 hours of community service and placed on probation for a year.Amen. I applaud him now. I hope as many people as possible see Durand's footage and stop eating Wegmans' eggs. If it does them substantial financial harm, it may even be worth 6 months of jail time. It's a shame that this sets a precedent, though. And, of course, getting video inside factory farm operations will continue to grow more difficult.
[snip]
"This is a sentence that doesn't really fit the crime," echoed Ryan Merkley, campaign coordinator for an animal-rights group led by Durand called Compassionate Consumers. "He shouldn't be sentenced to jail, he should be applauded for his efforts to bring to light the kind of cruelty that's committed by Wegmans."
Tags: factory farming | eggs | Wegmans | Adam Durand
