Judge explains lack of jail time for man who baked dog in oven
“One of the biggest factors in this case is that the victim (owner of the dog) pleaded with me not to send Clark to jail,” said Judge Nelson. “She wanted him to get help instead. I took all of that into account, plus the prosecutor wasn’t asking for jail time.”
I suspect dog killers pretty much are at the bottom of the totem pole in the prison hierarchy.
The owner of the dog needs to understand that psychopaths cannot get help. Their brains are defective; no amount of counseling can fix a physical defect.
The guy needs to be jailed not just for what he did to the dog, but because he's likely to move on to killing humans next. Many mass murderers have a history of animal torture. They move on to humans because cruelty to animals loses its thrill after a while.