This cretin belongs in prison. The killing of the dog was a good excuse to put a six-time offender back in the slammer.
Laws that can be used to put cretins in prison can, in the wrong hands, be used to put non-cretins in prison. Everyone’s for the enforcement of the law as long as it suits their purpose, but when the police are coming after them, then they think it’s unfair. The guy’s six priors had nothing to do with animal abuse—they shouldn’t have figured into this case. He’s an obvious jerk, that’s for sure, but if that’s the standard for imprisonment, 85% of our population should be lock up right now, including myself.