ARSON: The crime of maliciously, voluntarily, and willfully setting fire to the building, buildings, or other property of another or of burning one’s own property for an improper purpose, as to collect insurance.
I read more about this case and what these two men admitted to doing. If I am trying to protect my property, and I burn brush and undergrowth to reduce forest fires on my property and that fire spreads to your property, then I have caused you damage for sure - but it was not intentional, which I believe should have to be proven for a charge of arson. I should have to compensate you for that damage. Prison time sounds to me like a punishment that doesn’t fit the crime. The Feds have control over the majority of land out West. Is that “Proper”? Shooting five or six deer sends people to prison? That’s a police state punishment, IMHO.
You are absolutely right.
You stated both sides of this case. One side says it was set to control fire. The other says it was to cover up a crime.
I don’t know which side is the honest party. Nobody posting here knows.