I am glad that the punishement may actually fit the crime. Too many people have dogs do their killing for them.
I recall thinking that the law is on the side of pit owners whose dogs kill when reading about a woman killed by pits (2/12/14) after contacting the police 16 times. She certainly tried to do something about the problem but the law absolutely would not help her.
“2/12/14: Victim Made 16 Calls to 911
In addition to filing a civil stalking protection order in court, which was suggested by police, Klonda Richey, made 16 calls to 911 in the last year to report problems with her neighbor and his dogs. During a July 2, 2013 call, Richey told dispatchers, “I’ve made a lot of calls about this neighbor next door to me and his pit bull-mastiff ... I tried the civil protection order and I got brushed aside by those judges as a neighbor dispute. It’s gone way beyond a neighbor dispute,” Richey said.”
http://blog.dogsbite.org/2014/02/2014-dog-bite-fatality-pit-bulls-attack-strip-kill-dayton-woman.html
That’s a terrible crime, and I certainly think a terrible injustice to that woman.
I would have armed myself and started killing dogs long before having called the police 16 times. I consider a threatening dog to be an attacking dog. It is the only rational position to take.
It is very clear that the police and justice system failed that woman terribly. The judges and perhaps others involved should be jailed for criminal negligence. At the least, they should be removed from the bench.