David tant parole approved

# Parole Approved for David Tant
# Last Updated: 9/8/2010 1:31:56 PM

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) -- A South Carolina man once described as a the nation's No. 2 breeder of fighting pit bulls is getting out of prison on parole.

The Probation, Parole and Pardon Services board voted 5-2 on Wednesday to grant parole to 63-year-old David Ray Tant.

In July, a three-member panel of the board had voted 2-1 to parole Tant. But the split vote required the full board to consider his release.

Tant was arrested in 2004 after investigators removed dozens of injured dogs from his Charleston County property. Tant pleaded guilty to several dogfighting charges, and his 40-year sentence had been reduced to 30 years.

Tant said during his July hearing he is a changed man and won't hurt dogs again.

Board spokesman Peter O'Boyle it will take several weeks to process Tant for release from a prison in Berkeley County.

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Good, that sentence was ridiculous to begin with. Glad he is getting out

 

people commit far worse crimes against humans and get a lot less :confused:
he never should of got that amount of time in first place :eek:

 

I no rite how can u sentence somebody like that 40 years I mean come on now

 

Congrats Tant! Prison sucks! He never should have been there.

 

Thats what happens when you bobby trap your land !!!!! Thats what got him the sentence.

 

yeah i think most of that sentence was when someone who was stealing from him got hurt from a trap he set. Theif got what he deserved IMO

 

I know what got him the sentence old tymer.. So r u saying 40 years is a fair senence for booby trapping your own land? surely not. Anyway, glad david is coming home. We got a nice male off him in 1999, AAAx LuLu2. For those of us who have gone through what he has we know what a relief it will be for him to get back home.

 

wonder if his allowed dogs or not ..?

 

Wow...all this love for a stooly

 

From what I understand, a thief wasn't the one hurt but rather a surveyor just doing his job. My understanding was DT had some dogs stolen so he set traps around his land, one of which the surveyor stumbled upon & got hurt which lead to the investigation & conviction.

Blessings ..

 

nope he was a surveyer, but he came back after work after he seen that tant had puppies. he was sneaking onto tants yard to steal his girlfriend a birthday present and got his ass peppered. he went to the hospital but was released the same day. the hsus coerced the surveyor into playing up the incident to help them put away tant for as long as they possibly could.

 

My best friend was stabbed in the chest 2 yrs ago during a fist fight with 3 guys. All 3 guys had open cases at the time, all 3 guys recieved less than a 2 yr sentence. Lol the knife came 3 1/4 inch shy of his aorta. At this current time all 3 walk free and all 3 pose a danger to society..... So at what point did dogfighting become a 40 yr sentence. Society is retarded if they think any person is safer after the removal of 10,000 fighting dogs! This shit crazy, the justice system is a huge joke. A lady 5 yrs ago cut her own child's arms off with a boucher knife, she was sentence to 3yrs and psychiatric treatment but yet they can lock up a person who harms dogs. Lol a guy in my town a few yrs back cuts his own dogs head off with a chain saw because he said the dog was possessed and mean, he was sentenced to 11yrs. This system is ridiculous!!!

 

:goodposting: Sorry to hear about your friend. Something needs to change.

 

I hear ya , and have mixed feelings about it.... Fact is the government plays a mean game.....For all who have never had a boatload of time staring them face to face, don't be so quick to pass judgment. It is real easy to say what you wouldn't do.. But the fact is when most get behind the eight ball..... it is a TOTALLY different story. 99.4 percent of all Federal Inmates cooperated with the Government in some capacity.. FACTS..

 

Whatever the circumstances surrounding the case, 40 years it still a bit strong IMO.One of Englands most notorious gansters Kenny Noye, (who was found guilty of participatating in the Brinks Mat Gold Bullion Robbery) was being observered by undercover police from the grounds of his home(his garden)when he went outside to confront the offender(undercover police)a fight ensued where the police officer was stabbed to death.Noye was aquitted of murder on the grounds of self-defense! Makes you wonder,if he'd have had a few dogs staked down would he have got 40 years for dog-related offenses?

 

GRASS'ERS Shame they ain't as loyal as their dogs! Glad to say im one of the0.6%

 

Ya i hear ya ace...maybe cuz i been in certian situations when i was younger i could care less what happens to him....and your right about most, they will roll on there own family faced with that much time...one thing i will say about the case, the feds are dirty fuckers...he cooperated and still got smoked. But as a dogger the man was big time with high stakes and good dogs

 

My thoughts exactly!

 

This board really has changed a good deal.... never seen so many folx happy that a SNITCH in several HSUS dogfighting cases is being released 34 years EARLY.... Where are the real DOGMEN???:eek::eek::eek: