Oh, the logic of it all ...
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.
Fifty-year-old Steven Emory Butcher was convicted in February 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.
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He is homeless, people. How is he going to pay $101 million dollars to the state of California?
The state of California is going to pay for his room and board for nearly four years as it is while he serves his prison term - they have already paid for his attorney(s) and the cost of his trial not to mention the investigation.
His going to prison is the right thing. But, if California thinks they will ever see a cent of that $101 million I have some land about three miles east of Miami I am looking to unload - I mean sell - cheap, it has an ocean view and everything.
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