At common law, there were six major felonies: Burglary, Arson, Rape, Robbery, Kidnapping, and Sodomy.
In Centre county, we have a seventh: Animal Cruelty.
I tell it as a joke, but it is the one type of case I will not defend.
It is also the one area where the elected District Attorney and I see eye-to-eye.
Prompted by this story from Monument, a town that looks so downtrodden only because it is outshone by the nearby metropolis of Orviston.