OK, so potentially it was a famous tree, but does that justify four years? Think about it, for cutting a tree down in the middle of nowhere.
penguin42
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That's a bit much - especially it wasn't for profit; but one way to think is the number of people the act pissed off; probably way more than would be annoyed by a nice tree in a small neighbourhood - but also, you have to punish something like that harshly to stop people actually doing it again.
July 15, 2025 at 5:31:22 PM
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I think two years and 12 months community service would have been sufficient.
