Two brothers who admitted torturing and killing a small puppy by baking it to death inside a gas oven will serve 10 years in prison.
Justin and Joshua Moulder, who essentially threw themselves on the mercy of the court last month with guilty pleas to nine felony counts, found little sympathy from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore at Friday's three-hour sentencing.

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Jody Horsley (left), the defendants' father, listens and sheds some tears while the verdicts are read. He said of the 10-year terms, 'It wasn't justice, that's for sure.'

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Defendant Justin Moulder, with attorney Timothy Owens, pleads for a 'second chance' for him and his brother. Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore accepted prosecutors' suggestion for 10 years in prison.

She described the acts the boys pleaded guilty to — taking the puppy and smearing paint on it, trying to set it on fire, hog tying its feet with duct tape and binding its snout before stuffing it into a searing hot gas oven — as "malicious, unbridled cruelty."
"The way we treat animals, the way we treat the least of these is a reflection of society," Moore said.
"We will not tolerate this conduct as human beings."