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<font size=5><b>Calif. Judge Tosses Murder Verdict in Dog Maul
Case</b></font> <br>
<i>Mon Jun 17, 4:47 PM ET</i> <br>
<i>By Elinor Mills Abreu</i> <br>
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge on Monday threw out the
second degree murder conviction of a San Francisco woman whose attack
dogs mauled a young neighbor to death last year, saying it was not
certain the defendant knew the animal would explode in murderous fury
that day. <br><br>
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<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20020617/ts_nm/crime_dogs_dc_3" eudora="autourl">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20020617/ts_nm/crime_dogs_dc_3</a><br><br>
That strengthens public confidence in the jury system, no?<br><br>
wojtek<br>
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