RE:Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! But both Judges were far too lenient if that's the extent of their respective sentencings and punishments.
The Criminal Court Judge didn't mention the harassment, intimidation, vandalism, and assorted other crimes committed by The Perps. Perhaps the environmental conviction was enough to throw the book at them but I like to see a Judge pile it sky-high.
The Civil Court Judge made no mention of the very real very large economic losses suffered by Indonesia itself in the form of taxes and royalties that weren't paid by The Criminals.
Perhaps the Civil Court Judge can prevail upon the Criminal Court Judge to raise the "at hard labor" stipulation to 22 hours a day, 24 would be even better! YEAH!
TheCardinal wrote: Indonesian Criminal Court Judge:
"I sentence all of you, the hypocritical Criminals of so-callled 'Save Sangihe Island'
to life in prison with no chance of parole for your reprehensible environmental rape
of the very island on which you live by and from the illegal mining you were conducting.
I add to this sentence the stipulation of hard labour from dawn to dusk, seven days a
week. But have a nice day!" ( gavel slam )
Indonesian Civil Court Judge:
"I sentence all of you, the hypocritical Criminals of so-called 'Save Sangihe Island'
to forfeit 90% of your prison earnings you receive from your criminal sentence of
hard labour from dawn to dusk, seven days a week to repay Baru Gold Corporation
for the economic losses it has suffered by and from your criminal activities and your
civil tortious interference with their legitimate business goals. But have a nice day!"
( gavel slam! )
( for some strange reason, Civil Court Judges get a lot more rowdy with their gavel-slams
than do Criminal Court Judges. I dunno, maybe it's because they really want to be
Criminal Court Judges, that's gotta be a lot more fun, as you can see. )