From the CNN article:

"It's not my fault," Knoller said in a TV interview that was played for the jury. "Ms. Whipple had ample opportunity to move into her apartment. She could have just slammed the door shut. I would have."

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Penny Whipple, the victim's mother, said she was satisfied with the verdict.

"I feel that justice was done here, and that's what I was hoping for," Whipple said. She called arguments that her daughter shared the blame for her own death "very hurtful."

"They had tried all along to blame my daughter and anyone else they possibly could, instead of looking to themselves," Whipple said.

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Sorry, but those dogs have a bad reputation and only the most oblivious owner would ignore it. Blaming the victim was a very stupid thing to do.