Cockrell will serve between 43 months and 15 years for the crimes.
She pleaded no contest to two felony counts of keeping dangerous animals causing death and a third lesser charge.
Edward Gierlach was the first of the victims to die. He was attacked by Cockrell’s dos in his driveway. They then attacked 56-year-old Cheryl Harper, who was walking nearby.
The prosecutors argued that Cockrell had an inadequate fence on her horse farm and kept vicious dogs. Her argument was a variation of the “one free bite rule”: that the dogs have not previously attacked or shown a violent disposition. The state euthanized her 10 dogs.
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