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Prosecutor and other city officials before the trial started found the women guilty on all charms related to feeding cats. >> very disappointing. i thought they would embrace a tnr program or another way to take care of cats. i thought they would come into the 21st century. >> that's what we were hoping for. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: are you shocked? >> well in a way because of the politics here. >> reporter: this is one of the arresting officers said about how the ladies were treated. >> a bunch of police officers beating up on a couple old ladies. >> reporter: the women were fined $100 each, 1...

>> give it to the officer. >> i want to say one thing. >> it will get ugly if you don't stop. >> can i say one thing? [ bleep ]. >> got another charge. >> the city doesn't want anybody feeding the animals around here. they i'm going to help the nuisance. they should be thanking me. i have a trap to get them out of here. >> reporter: this week the so-called cat ladies had the day in court. brad prosecuted them. >> it is a criminal trespass case and it hinges on were you told to leave and did you come back? >> reporter: the city used the trespass ordinance to threaten the women if they continue ...

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Come back in an urn. >> just horrible to imagine. joining me to discuss idaho statesman reporter sally krisic. good to have you back. i wonder if you could describe the scene on campus now because here we are three, three and a half weeks out since this murder, no suspect identified. there is a lot of fear on the campus, is there not? >> right. so students were actually given the option to finish the semester remotely because so many of them were afraid to come back. the campus is really quiet right now because many haven't, you know, i talked to one student who said he is watching several apa...

And said if she stopped feeding the cats, she will be off the hook. he also said this wasn't a couple of cats but closer to two dozen cats and the neighborhood complained and it's been going on for years, this cat feeding. still her son says the punishment seems a bit extreme. >> i understand my mother has broken the law with this. but it should have been reviewed individually. why would you send a 79-year-old lady to jail for feeding cats? >> magistrate short says he's not known as a hard-line judge and he understands the woman has had a hard time since her husband died a couple years ago and...