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Death as first degree murder
It is possible to murder a person with a dog, and for that murder to qualify as first degree murder.
In Cleveland, Ohio, Jeffrey David Mann was convicted of murder for setting a pit bull on the woman he lived with, a 28-year-old mother of two, who died as a result of the mauling in September 1992. (For more information, see the petition to oppose Mann's release on parole.
Interestingly, this pit bull was referred to as "otherwise friendly" -- as are virtually all of the pit bulls that have killed or seriously mauled human beings; see "Mack" on the website Index of Famous Dogs.)
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