Wildlife Trafficking - catch all thread

[Irrelevant]

Skagit County woman sentenced for wildlife trafficking

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wdfw.wa.gov

Multi-year effort (the second time!) that only resulted in $1,800 in fines. Which likely didn't even pay for lab testing of the evidence.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Washington has been soft on crime for a very long time. I did 20 years in King County, some of which the current governor was the King County prosecutor. One of my favorite examples of his tuff on crime stance was auto theft. The bad guys, absent any other mitigating factors, would not serve a day in jail until after they had been convicted five times for prior auto theft. Best we could do was hold up the Probable Cause affidavits for 72 hours. Sometimes that would at least hold them over the weekend if we arrested them on a Friday night.

 

[44hunter45]

Washington has been soft on crime for a very long time. I did 20 years in King County, some of which the current governor was the King County prosecutor. One of my favorite examples of his tuff on crime stance was auto theft. The bad guys, absent any other mitigating factors, would not serve a day in jail until after they had been convicted five times for prior auto theft. Best we could do was hold up the Probable Cause affidavits for 72 hours. Sometimes that would at least hold them over the weekend if we arrested them on a Friday night.

"Prosecutor" would seem to be the wrong title then.

 

[relino99]

Skagit County woman sentenced for wildlife trafficking

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wdfw.wa.gov

Multi-year effort (the second time!) that only resulted in $1,800 in fines. Which likely didn't even pay for lab testing of the evidence.

That’s a rough outcome. A whole multi-year investigation, repeat offender, and the final penalty barely covers the basic costs of processing the case. Hard to see how that creates any real deterrent for people who are already willing to skirt the law for profit.