Well, it's at least more than I expected him to get. I guess there's that. But here's the thing. In good ole Virginia, you get automatic good time as long as you stay out of trouble. Which means Vick will most likely be out this time next year because god knows they're not gonna put his ass in gen-pop, so his opportunities to fuck up will be greatly diminished. The piece of shit's going to serve a whole year, in "protective custody" for a for a class 6 felony. Just for a frame of reference, I could have served a year if I got pulled over driving on my suspended license one more time. It's fucking ridiculous.

Just for fun, here's Virginia's dogfighting statute:

§ 3.1-796.124. Dogfighting; penalty

A. No person shall knowingly do any of the following:

1. Promote, engage in, or be employed in the fighting of dogs for amusement, sport or gain;

2. Wager money or anything of value on the result of such fighting;

3. Receive money or anything of value for the admission of another person to a place for dogfighting;

4. Possess, own, train, transport, or sell any dog with the intent that such dog engage in an exhibition of fighting with another dog; or

5. Permit any act described in subdivisions 1 through 4 of this subsection on any premises under his charge or control, or aid or abet any such act.

B. Any animal control officer, as defined in § 3.1-796.66, shall confiscate any dogs that have been, are, or are intended to be used in dogfighting and any equipment used in training such dogs or used in dogfighting.

C. Any person convicted of violating this section may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of other companion animals.

D. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

E. In addition to any other fines and costs, any person who is convicted of a violation of this section shall pay all reasonable costs incurred in housing or euthanizing any confiscated dogs.

Acts 1984, c. 408, § 29-213.92:1; Acts 1987, c. 488; Acts 1998, c. 817; Acts 1999, c. 113; Acts 2003, c. 857.

Now, maybe I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the ways this reads, it should have been 5 separate felony counts. So for committing multiple felonies with god knows how many dogs, Michael Vick gets to serve a year in jail. 

Now, I'm sure Gene will chime in with one of his Angry Black Man rants and say he should have gotten off with a scolding of some sort, because poor Michael Vick didn't do anything that a whole bunch of other motherfuckers aren't doing, and how if it were Brett Favre, or some other white athlete we wouldn't even have heard about it. And since I've known him for almost 20 years, I will again choose to forgive his jackassery. But for fuck's sake people. 1 year?

On the bright side, it's good to see that a brother can buy his way out of trouble just as easily as a white boy these days. That's progress my friends.