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California Plans to Crack Down On Dog Fighting ? California Penal Code 597.5

By Walin & Klarich

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Dog fighting has been a popular subject ever since NFL quarterback Mike Vick was convicted. California has increased criminal penalties for being a spectator of an organized dog fight. Prior to this change, Penal Code section 597.5, subdivision (b), provided that any person who was knowingly present as a spectator at a place where preparation for a dog fight took place, was guilty of a misdemeanor. Now, the legislature has added the language specifying that this person will be guilty of an offense punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, or by a fine up to five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment. At the same time, the law continues to allow the use of dogs in the management of livestock by the owner of the livestock or his or her employees, in hunting as permitted by the Fish and Game Code, and in training of dogs or the use of equipment in the training of dogs for any purpose not prohibited by law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on June 09, 2010 (boomark / email).