NVDL: Could they just ask him to say sorry?
LOS ANGELES – A homeless man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $101 million for starting two fires, including one that burned more than 163,000 acres in California two years ago.
Fifty-year-old Steven Emory Butcher was convicted in February of starting blazes in the Los Padres National Forest in 2002 and 2006.
The 2006 fire raged for more than a month and cost more than $78 million to suppress. It injured 18 people, destroyed 11 structures and was the fifth-largest fire in California history, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Transient ordered to pay $101M for setting fires
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This is an obscene prosecution. Tnis guy has been mentally ill for years (schizophrenia). If you read the whole story, it's clear the fires were completely accidental and he feels terrible about them. THE PROSECUTION AVOIDS THE REAL REASONS THAT SUCH FIRE STORMS ARE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND DAMAGING SO MUCH. Things such as housing development in wilderness areas, lowered water table of state from subsidized agriculture (RICE! in California?), etc...
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