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Dog Owner Found Guilty of Manslaughter, Sentenced to 5 Years

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Created on Sunday, 01 February 2009 18:27
Bentley Collins of Dillon, South Carolina, has been found guilty of one count of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of keeping unconfined dangerous animals in connection with the death of Matthew Davis. (Read the article.)

Even after his six pit bulls mauled the child to death -- even during the trial itself -- this defendant was allowing his other pit bulls to run at large.

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