James Edward Spence was convicted by a jury of sexual offenses against a ten-year-old girl, including sexual penetration, sodomy, committing a lewd act, and oral copulation. On appeal, he assigned error because the victim had been accompanied on the witness stand by a “victim advocate” from the district attorney’s office as well as a therapy dog. A picture of the dog involved in the case, Dory, is posted on the website of Courthouse Dogs. The convictions were affirmed by a California appellate court. The decision of the California...
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Proposed Highway Safety Rules for Hybrids Consider Needs of Guide Dog Users
Some incidents will explain why the Department of Transportation considers it important that hybrid and electric vehicles emit some level of sound that pedestrians, particularly those with vision impairments, can hear:“I was on my way to work and got off the bus at the northwest corner of Jackson and Halsted. I made a left turn when I got off the bus, with Halsted on my left and Jackson in front me. When I went to cross Jackson my dog took me to...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Dog Fighting “Legend” Deserves Maximum Sentence, Federal Appeals Court Holds
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How do dog fighters see themselves? Not as gambling and meth addicts with a passion for the sight of dog blood, not as dog trainers whose dogs are chained in rows and exercised on treadmills before which are suspended struggling cats a dog is allowed to kill and eat after a good training session, not as inebriated men who stand around a pit lined with plywood planks while two dogs gradually remove the flesh from each other for two hours, not...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
If You See Animal Cruelty, Get Out Your Smart Phone
The primary witness at the trial of Charles Black had a view of the rear balcony of Black’s apartment in Oakland, California. Several times he saw Black take the dog onto the balcony, yell at it, and hit it with a mop handle. The witness said the dog yelped and cowered. Finally he decided to record an incident:“On June 30, 2009, the neighbor was in his bedroom when he heard defendant's voice and a dog yelping. The neighbor grabbed...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Police Chiefs and Cities May Be Liable for Bites by Inadequately Trained Police Dogs
Over a year ago we discussed a lawsuit concerning two biting incidents involving a dog, Spike, obtained by the Springboro, Ohio, Police Department for tracking and suspect apprehension. The canine officer, his supervisor, and the municipality itself were sued by two individuals bitten by the dog in unrelated incidents.In the first incident, in 2007, there was no crime involved as Samuel Campbell had been knocking at doors of his date’s house, trying...
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