11-year-old Sonic fan faced court to legalize hedgehogs in Kansas

Posted Jan 4, 2009 at 11:38AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Christmas, CNN, Kansas, Sega, Sonic

How far would you go for your favorite video game character? This kid went all the way to court.

11-year-old Judson King was such a Sonic the Hedgehog fan that he decided he wanted the real thing - only to find out that hedgehogs were illegal in his city of Lawrence, in Kansas.

What's a boy to do but convince the court that hedgehogs are fudgy-wudgy creatures and not a danger to civilization as we know it? After three years of work, he finally built up his case enough that when he finally got his day in court, it was "no contest."

The court found no real reason to maintain the ban, and the woodland critter was legalized. Judson finally got his first hedgehog last Christmas. Now let's hope he won't paint his new pet blue and throw it through rings.

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Comments

# LOL — Navani 2009-01-04 07:19

I thought it was a nice article, better than that crap the media puts on front pages about people dying and being raped and trying to instill fear into people's lives. But haha, the last sentence made me laugh hard

# lol — BULL3TPR00F 2009-01-04 07:47

its nice to see young kids making an impact on society :)

congrats to the kid

# Nice but — cizzar 2009-01-04 08:39

let's hope Jack Thompson doesn't turn him to the dark side and makes a video game hater out of him when he's older ...

# Where's The Rest of the crew? — Catseye 2009-01-04 08:54

You can't just stop at Sonic, I'll bet for the next bunch of christmas' and birthdays this kid gets Tails (the Fox with 2 tails) Shadow (A Reeeeally mean hedgehog) knuckles, (an angry hedgehog), Amy (look out sonic, she aint nutered[If thats how you spell it :D]) And also those other guys and that weird crocodile. Now let's just hope this is sonic from an earlier game, and not the Dark Chronicles one Lol.

# you forgot... — Genotype 2009-01-04 10:08

A fat scientist, every kid needs a fat scientist.

# wow — ganstream1 2009-01-04 10:15

now that is die-hard....

# :) — akhmer101 2009-01-04 10:34

i liked this article one of the best things i've read on this site for awhile.

# ummm.... — JOshISPoser 2009-01-04 11:04

they weren't all hedgehogs. i know knuckles was a chinchilla or however it's spelled...

this is a good article though and a big lolz at the last sentence

# knuckles — rollypoly 2009-01-04 11:19

was an echidna

i've wanted one for a long time, they are endangered however...

http://onlyatheory.net/capt.syd10610141653.australia_echidna_syd106.jpg

but isn't that just damn cute...

# ! — HIDEO KOJIMA 2009-01-04 11:32

The kid is just gonna end up killing a hedgehog or 4 when he decides to dip them in blue, red, black, and or silver paint. He might even be be using it as a baseball. Hell, he might even have two foxes, one with the tail cut off.

# that's it — JOshISPoser 2009-01-04 12:11

i knew there was a chi in it and chinchilla was the first to mind

# Hedgehog as a pet — sesa 2009-01-04 12:11

I don't know much about Hedgehog but aren't they supposed to be unsuitable as a pet?

# good for him — Dremth 2009-01-04 13:12

im glad we have some people who are willing to go through all the legal troubles to challenge retarded laws like this one. next stop: saying the pledge in california?

# . — Mister Common Sense 2009-01-04 15:55

He should have just broken the law. It has become all the rage with dumbass laws that make no sense.

# cool — pizzaman2893 2009-01-04 17:00

aint that some *****. Way to go kid have fun with your new pet :)

# I had one — Xis 2009-01-04 17:06

I named it Sonic who'd a thought ??

Hell I didnt give FCK if it was Illegal in NY oh well

# agreed — xkiraisgodx 2009-01-05 02:14

yeah ive said it soo many times for the past 13 something years of my life and honestly, thats the part of the day i dont remember doing. saying the pledge is fine but imo it wastes time in school +P lol

# If your's has a squeaky wheel, yes. — Achooist 2009-01-05 05:33

I used to have one, it was a lot of fun....

BUT IT WAS NOCTURNAL AND HAD A SQUEAKY WHEEL! IT WAS ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE I WANTED TO DROPKICK IT...but, it was just so...I can't believe I'm saying this, cute!

So, they are a lot of fun, expensive, and nocturnal. Amazing pets.

# lol — Beansta 2009-01-05 09:13

would be quite funny if that kid dressed his hedgehog with red sneakers with the white stripe

# For future reference — PS3_Geek 2009-01-07 21:36

Sonic, Shadow and Amy - Hedgehogs

Tails - Fox

Knuckles - Echidna

Vector - Crocodile

Espio - Chameleon

Charmy - Bee

Do your bloody research

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