Diane Whipple 33, a college lacrosse coach, was attacked after returning from grocery shopping.
The death spurred widespread outrage and calls for stronger curbs on dogs in the city.
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Marjorie Knoller 46 and Robert Noel 60(Her Husband), both lawyers, face charges of involuntary manslaughter
The prosecution showed jurors gruesome pictures of Whipple's fatal dog bites and argued that Knoller ignored the dangers posed by her pets and let them kill her neighbor. The defense, however, argued that Knoller threw herself between the victim and her pets.
the couple's two presa Canario dogs, each weighing more than 100 pounds, attacked the 33-year-old lacrosse coach outside of her doorway on Jan. 26, 2001. Ruiz showed photos of Knoller covered in blood after the deadly attack.
the woman was covered with bites from head to toe, and that Her trachea was crushed and pierced by the dogs' teeth," he said. "Every piece of clothing was taken off of her by these dogs
He will allow prosecutors to present evidence of the couple's relationship with members of the white supremacist prison gang Aryan Brotherhood, but he barred them from describing the group's racist leanings.
Noel and Knoller said they got the dogs from one of the gang members, a Pelican Bay State Prison inmate named Paul "Cornfed" Schneider
Schneider and another member of the Aryan Brotherhood, who are both serving life without parole, were allegedly trying to operate a business from behind bars, raising attack dogs for illegal drug labs.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/u...ial020219.html Judge Bars Bestiality Allegations Into Dog Mauling Trial
L O S A N G E L E S, Feb. 4 — A judge today refused to allow testimony about allegations of "sexual conduct" between two defendants and their dogs in a trial stemming from the fatal mauling of a San Francisco woman.
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the San Francisco Chronicle that other neighbors said the dogs had attacked other people and pets in the building before the fatal attack. Lt. Henry Hunter told the Chronicle that letters from the prisoners also make it clear that Noel and Knoller knew the dogs were violent.
"The prisoners' correspondence talks about the dogs, they are talking about incidents involving the attorneys, these people love to brag — a lot of the correspondence talks about the dogs as vicious," Hunter told the paper.
The Presa Canario is not a recognized breed in the United States, and experts say the breed can be very dangerous, including viciousness, aggression, a mistrust of strangers, incredible strength, and a bite to kill — exactly what Schneider and Bretches wanted, say prison officials.
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