<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Then . . .</div><div><br></div><div>What about the indigent person who poaches elk/deer for the cash value of the racks . . . using the "revenue" to purchase food?</div><div><br></div><div>And, if the law is modified such that indigant people can't even be charged with the crime of poaching, what is to stop the more financially-secure poacher from copping the "I am indigent and only sell the elk/deer racks to put food on my family's dinner table" plea?</div><div><br></div><div>If the financial stability of the perp is the determing factor in whether or not the above cop-out plea may be applied, at what amount of financial worth is the line drawn?<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div><br>On Apr 19, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Sunil <<a href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div dir="ltr">Kai,<br><br>I say 'yes,' the person feeding his family should be treated
differently, and it should start with the law itself. It should provide
for different treatments, or perhaps create a necessity exception that
would excuse the first person in your example. Since judges will vary
widely on the punishment end, to argue mercy should be provided there is
to live in Dreamland. <br><br>Juries generally don't assess punishments, except for the death penalty. Their verdicts may create sentencing ranges, depending on the charges, or they can acquit.<br><br>Tom says, '<span style="">Where the "trophy poacher" may be sentenced to some jail
time and a heavy fine, the indigent person may be sentenced to a short
term of probation.'<br><br>I think the positions are more likely to be reversed in the real world.<br><br>Sunil<br></span><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: <a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 09:19:49 -0700<br>To: <a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game<br><br><div style="">Kai Eiselein suggests:</div><div style=""><br></div><div><span style="">"</span><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that have cash value?"</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">As much as I hate to say this, Mr. Eiselein . . . </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">Yes. A law is only as strong as the people who enforce it.</span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">In both cases, "trophy poachers" (who take the elk/deer racks for their cash value) and indigent people (who are striving to put food on the dinner table), are guilty of the crime of poaching. </span></div><div><span style=""><br></span></div><div><span style="">The individual reason for poaching may be presented during the judicial process. At which time the judge or jury may impose punishment commensurate with the motivation behind committing the crime. In military courts-martial, that portion of the judicial pricess is referred to as "presentation of matters in extenuation and mitigation". Where the "trophy poacher" may be sentenced to some jail time and a heavy fine, the indigent person may be sentenced to a short term of probation.<br></span><br><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div style=""><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div style=""><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div><div style=""><br>On Apr 19, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Kai Eiselein <<a href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">fotopro63@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote style="">Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that have cash value?</blockquote><br>=======================================================
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