Legislature May Scale Back Cockfighting Ban
The state Legislature is considering steps that might ease penalties for cockfighting after judges challenged a ban on the blood sport.
The state Senate approved legislation days ago that would ask voters to decide whether cockfighting, outlawed by the state’s voters in November, should be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor and the fines dramatically scaled back. The state’s House of Representatives is also looking at reducing penalties.
Proponents of the ban said the move to reduce penalties is a bid to subvert the law.
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