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  Court spares dog's life
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Feb 18, 2005 02:23pm
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News DateFriday, February 18, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionLINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) -- The state Supreme Court granted clemency Friday to a dog sentenced to death for fighting with a neighbor's pet.

The high court ruled that Murphy, an Alaskan malamute-shepherd mix belonging to Doug and Lorele Dittoe, should not be killed for causing "relatively minor injury" to the other dog after slipping out of the couple's fenced-in yard in 2001.

Murphy had been deemed dangerous by the county sheriff, and a judge ordered her destroyed.

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