Sunday, October 8, 2017
The San Francisco Dog Mauling
The San Francisco Dog Mauling occurred in the year 2001 when Dianne Whipple was arriving to her home. The attack was caused by two Presa Canarios : a male named Bane and a female named Hera. As Dianne Whipple was approaching her home, Hera, had caused Bane to react and ran out of his home where Marjorie Knoller had him in a leash, dragging her with it. Bane had pinned Dianne biting her repeatedly until Hera joined in as well. Marjorie Knoller, the owner of the dogs jumped in trying to protect Ms. Whipple from her aggressive dogs. Bane had ripped the flesh from Diane's neck which caused there to be lots of blood throughout the apartment. Once Bane had stopped she had left with her dogs leaving Diane to fight for her life. Once Dianne was sent to the hospital she didn't have a pulse for 23 minutes. She was then pronounced brain dead. There were more than 70 bite marks on Dianne's body. Robert Noel, the husband of Marjorie Knoller was never present during the attack but was also responsible for the dogs. As a dog owner, we are held responsible for training our dogs as best as possible. Because the breed of the dog is known as a "bully breed", they are also known for their aggressive tone. During the trial, Marjorie and Robert seemed to be blaming the victim for what had happened which is completely unacceptable. They were charged with second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Because they didn't believe that second degree murder was fair, there was another trail that commenced that revoked that charge. The way that Marjorie Knoller was reacting during the trial seemed to catch my eye the most mostly because she was so emotional when she was on the stand and when she wasn't she was so neutral and emotionless. She and her husband were both held responsible for what happened. Those dogs that they had were also a aggressive breed so they knew that there would be some sort of trouble but I do understand that there was no way of knowing that the dogs would attack that day and the way that they did.
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I don't feel that she should have been charged with second degree murder. I feel that manslaughter is the sentence she should serve. Its not like she knew her dog was going to attack her neighbor.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Knoller should've just been charged for manslaughter and not second degree murder. We don't know what relationship Knoller and Diane had. I think if we know what happened between them, it'd probably be more clear what Knoller should be charged for.
Deletei feel like her being charged with Second degree murder was an unnecessary charge, yes she knew what her dogs could possibly do,but she did not know they would attack her neighbor at that given time on that specific day
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ReplyDeleteI think that charging her with second degree murder was a tad extreme. Manslaughter would make more sense in my opinion – she was not in control of her dog and therefore can't be fully blamed for his actions.
ReplyDeleteI don't think its fair to say that charging her with second degree murder was extreme because we don't know if she had trained her dog to attack. Because we don't know exactly what happened I think it was fair since she new the capabilities of her dogs.
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