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Date Posted: 15:50:37 03/30/01 Fri
In reply to:
N5RDC
's message, "Why did it take so long ?" on 03:00:31 03/28/01 Wed
The first problem was the inability of these guys to control their dogs.
The second was that they really didn't try very hard. If they were serious about it, they would have jumped on top of those dogs and beat them about the ears. They may have wound up bloodied themselves by so doing, but that might have spared the woman's life.
The fact is, they were not bloodied, and the dogs had that poor woman for lunch. For that, these guys should face justice.
Why did it take so long? Why does ANYTHING related to justice take so long?
>p News
>
>
> 2 Lawyers Charged in Dog Attack
> The Associated Press
> Mar 28 2001 1:08AM
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Two
>lawyers were charged Tuesday night in the
> death of a college lacrosse
>coach who was mauled by the attorneys'
> huge dogs in the hallway of her
>apartment building.
>
> Marjorie Knoller, 45, and
>Robert Noel, 59, were charged with involuntary
> manslaughter and keeping a
>mischievous dog that killed a human being.
> Knoller was also charged with
>second-degree murder.
>
> The couple was arrested at a
>house in Corning, about 170 miles
> northeast of San Francisco. The
>couple had left San Francisco after
> testifying before a grand jury
>Tuesday afternoon.
>
> District Attorney Terence
>Hallinan said police had tailed the pair until a
> judge handed down a warrant.
>Authorities then closed in to make the
> arrest. Hallinan declined to
>say if they couple was fleeing.
>
> Knoller and Noel were caring
>for the two Presa Canario-mastiffs when
> the dogs - a 120-pound male
>named Bane and a 113-pound female
> named Hera - mauled St. Mary's
>College lacrosse coach Diane Whipple,
> 33, on Jan. 26. The lawyers
>lived next door to Whipple, who - at 110
> pounds - was outweighed by both
>dogs.
>
> Bane was destroyed after the
>mauling, and Hera will be put down,
> authorities said.
>
> The animals have been linked to
>a dogfighting ring run out of Pelican Bay
> State Prison by inmates Paul
>Schneider and Dale Bretches. They were
> raised to fight other dogs and
>guard illegal drug labs, prison officials
> said.
>
> Schneider and Bretches are
>serving life sentences without parole:
> Schneider for robbery and
>attempted murder, and Bretches for murder
> and assault with a deadly
>weapon while behind bars. Both belong to the
> Aryan Brotherhood, a white
>supremacist prison gang.
>
> In one of the case's many
>strange twists, Noel and Knoller adopted
> Schneider as their son in a
>procedure that became official just three days
> after Whipple's death.
>
> Noel had sent a letter to
>prosecutors suggesting Whipple should have
> gone inside her apartment to
>avoid the attack. He also accused Whipple
> of striking his wife as Knoller
>tried to pull the dogs away.
>
> During the grand jury hearing
>Tuesday, paramedics were called to assist
> Knoller after she suffered an
>anxiety attack while testifying.
>
> Soon after, a San Francisco
>police officer in an unmarked car followed the
> couple as they drove north from
>the city. The officer called the California
> Highway Patrol to report that
>they were driving erratically.
>
> A patrol officer stopped the
>car and ticketed Noel for allegedly driving
> more than 85 mph in a 65 mph
>zone. The couple continued driving away
> from San Francisco and were
>arrested a few hours later in Corning.
>
> Knoller complained of chest
>pains at the time of her arrest. She was
> treated at a local hospital and
>released before being transported to jail.
>
> Knoller was being held in lieu
>of $2 million bail; Noel was being held on
> $1 million bail.
>
> Tehama County sheriff's Deputy
>Chris Smith said late Tuesday the
> couple was arranging to make
>bail.
>
> The second-degree murder charge
>carries a possible sentence of 15
> years to life in prison,
>Hallinan said.
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