Wichita, Ks. (The Weekly Vice) -- Joshua Coman, a 20 year old man from Wichita, Kansas who pleaded guilty to having sex with a dog has been sentenced to 6 months in jail and must register as a sexual offender.
Coman was arrested last month after an acquaintance told police she saw him in her garage with her 4-year-old female Rottweiler. This was not however the first time Coman had been caught having sex with a dog. Coman was on probation for a similar conviction in Reno County when he was arrested Feb. 19 in Wichita.
The sticking point in the case was whether or not Coman should be placed on sex offender registry.
Coman's attorney argued that the state's registered offender law was designed to protect humans, not "livestock, domestic pets or anything else, be they birds or insects. The statute was simply not created with that intent."
"I don't believe it will do the citizens of the state of Kansas any good to warehouse this man for six months," he said.
Coman's attorney lost that argument, as the judge in the case determined that Coman had met the definition of the law which specifies that 'a sexual offender is a person convicted under any violent crime which is sexually motivated and done for the purpose of sexual gratification.'
The Weekly Vice Opinion:
For the love of Fido, what could be so hard about deciding whether raping people's dogs is a sexual offense that should be listed on the registry. Why wouldn't raping an unwilling pooch be offensive enough in comparison with many Romeo and Juliet offenders who ARE forever listed on the registry.
The dude accepts rape of a pooch as acceptable - I believe it was even argued that Coman viewed sex with canines as 'normal' behavior - in an effort to go to counseling instead of jail. He'll get both now by the judge's order.
We're curious however, why the defense attorney felt that the public wouldn't get any benefit out of keeping a dog rapist off the street for half a year. Tell the lady's dog that, counselor.
Danny Vice
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