Inmate number C-2559
Pep, a black Labrador Retriever, was admitted to Eastern State Penitentiary on August 12, 1924 by Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot who used his executive powers to sentence him to Life Without Parole for killing his wife's cat.
Inmate number C-2559
Pep, Inmate number C-2559, sentenced to life in prison for killing a cat
His case remains a hushed cover-up and black mark in U.S. history of violating the sanctity of an independent judiciary free from political interference constitutionally protected by separation of powers. ■