Marjorie Knoller, the San Francisco lawyer who allowed the 2 vicious 100+ pound Presa Canario dogs she was caring for to kill her neighbor Dianne Whipple in 2001 - may be going back to prison. Knoller served 16 months of a 4 year sentence in prison before she was paroled for the crime, which had been reduced to involuntary manslaughter. A superior court judge on Friday reinstated the jury’s original second degree murder conviction.
The judge ruled after listing some of more than 30 incidents in which Marjorie Knoller’s dogs bit or lunged at other people, and there was even a veterinarian’s letter warning that the dogs were dangerous.
Knoller now faces 15 years to life in prison when she’s sentenced on Sept. 22, 2008.
Knoller will be held in jail until her sentencing, without bail, since she faces a possible life sentence, has no community ties and can be considered a flight risk.
I say it’s about time irresponsible dog owners get exactly what’s coming to them!
