The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139372 Message #3197634
Posted By: Desert Dancer
28-Jul-11 - 09:42 PM
Thread Name: From Peter Yarrow (PP&M) -Tim DeChristopher trial
Subject: RE: From Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary)
I value what he did and why he did it, but, Donuel, he was given a 2-year, $10,000 sentence, instead of the 10-year, $1,000,000 sentence that the prosecutor wanted him to have. So, no, he did not have the book thrown at him. A tenet of civil disobedience is acceptance of the consequences of your actions in the existing legal setting, in the interest of drawing attention to the need for change.