We ask the prosecutor to vigorously pursue the case against Lee Oaks and Jerelyn Sutter, and if convicted, ask for the maximum sentence. The link between animal abuse and violence is well established with considerable scientific support. When animals are abused, people are at risk. Profilers routinely use animal cruelty reports when assessing the possible threat a criminal poses. A forensic expert testified at the preliminary hearing that Oaks and Sutter walked Profit the pig on a leash and even petted him, prior to stabbing him 31 times at a no kill Charlottesville Va. SPCA . Combined with a lengthy list of prior convictions, as well as current charges outside of the killing of the pig. Oaks is truly a person that warrants the maximum sentence possible. Our children and our community deserve no less than complete protection from such people.