Originally Posted by Bored Member
They said the fire was started in an attempt to conceal or destroy evidence of the illegal hunting expedition..... You are mincing words.

The first judge was trying to go easy on the Hammonds, the Feds stepped in a cried foul. The Hammonds knew what the cost of their folly could be, they chose to ignore it.
Yeah, they said it was started for the purpose of destroying evidence. The evidence must have still been there to gather to make a strong case. But they didn't Why not?
The Hammonds had already served the time sentenced upon them when the feds cried foul. That foul was made by their own people, the state in general. That's where they should have looked for people to punish, if they wanted to preserve the citizens faith in the judicial system.
No, lets punish the already punished guys instead. That's much easier!

There are some things about this case that just chafes my sense of right and wrong.

Cowardly men always plot to label Freedom as anarchy!