Tough call. But it looks like the prosecution knew the owner had knowledge that his dogs were dangerous yet did nothing to get rid of them. To the jury, that added up to more than mere negligence.
I meant ‘at best criminal negiligence (from the owner’s perspective.)
He should not have even hoped for a better outcome than a conviction for criminal negligence.
I have Dobermanns.
They are not nice “fuzzy bunny” Dobermanns like most I’ve had over the decades.
If I, through intent or negligence, allow them to harm an *innocent* person, I may as well have killed the person myself.
I’m sure ‘the law’ has lots of minutiae that adds degrees to a charge but *I* would consider myself the killer.
Then again, I am solely/wholly responsible for my dogs’ behavior, bad or good.