In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:48:23 -0500, Travis McGee wrote:
>
>> latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-chefs-whale-meat-santa-monica-20140210,0,3674555.story
>>
>> 1:42 PM PST, February 10, 2014
>>
>> Two sushi chefs who served whale meat at a now-shuttered Santa Monica
>> restaurant pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges for their part
>> in a scheme to import and sell cuts of whale including tail meat and
>> ´whale bacon.¡
>>
>> Chefs Susumu Ueda and Kiyoshiro Yamamoto were indicted in early 2013
>> along with Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of the restaurant
>> the Hump. The restaurant closed in 2010 after a sting operation
>> involving an associate producer of the Oscar-winning documentary ´The
>> Cove¡ revealed that whale was being served off-menu to customers.
>
>Getting "indicted" for misdemeanor charges is an oxymoron. There is
>no such thing.

Perhaps they were indicted for a felony and pled out on a misdemeanor.

Cindy Hamilton

>
>> Ueda, the head sushi chef, and Yamamoto each face a maximum of three
>> years in prison for the charges. Prosecutors said they would also
>> recommend a $5,000 fine and 200 hours of community service.
>
>Uh, misdemeanors can't land you in prison. Another example of some
>fine reporting they have here.
>
>More sensationalist reporting snipped that really didn't make sense.
>Find somebody serving dogs and cats and then I'll listen.
>
>-sw


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