I laughed and shook my head reading this headline:"Transient ordered to pay $101M for setting fires"
Yes, 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. I don't think they'll have any trouble keeping him in jail, but getting that 100 mil may take a little more effort. How many recycled cans is that? Are they going ot put a lean on his cardboard box?
Steven Emory Butcher was convicted 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. The 2002 blaze burned 70 acres.
That folks, is the legal system. Because if a 50 year old homeless guy suddenly wins the lottery (assuming he buys tickets instead of booze with his panhandled coinage), we can rest easy knowing he'll be (re)paying his debt to society.
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