Mistrial Declared in Case of Boy’s Fatal Mauling
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A mistrial was declared Monday in the case of a mother whose 12-year-old son was fatally mauled at home by the family’s two pit bulls while she was at a school picnic with her daughter.
The San Francisco Superior Court jury deadlocked on a felony endangerment charge against Maureen Faibish, who left her son, Nicholas, alone in June 2005 with the dogs.
After two days of deliberations, 10 jurors voted for acquittal and two voted to convict, a court clerk said. Faibish faced up to 10 years in prison, if convicted.
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