So, if I set a fire on my property and it burns your property, it’s not arson?
Funny interpretation of the law.
The question here is the imposition of a longer sentence AFTER time has been served.
So, if I set a fire on my property and it burns your property, it’s not arson?Funny interpretation of the law.
Not arson if its an accident. Intent is everything, well, it used to be until Obama's Department of Injustice gets involved.
Murder is the same way, as contrasted to manslaughter.
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.
I found more information on this story. I am going to post it and then we’ll see how you feel about this situation.