I understand that. If that's the best they can come up with for the damage they've inflicted on the guy, that speaks volumes.



Ornate Box Turtles are easily acquired online for about $50 a piece. Most likely NOT from Wisconsin and quite possibly captive born.



Seems to be a rather minor infraction, even by the letter of the law and probably irrelevant in regard to intent, both in the case of the defendant's intent and the "protective" intent of the law, itself. Bad laws are written all the time.



The state should prove knowing intent to deny WI of one of it's Natural Resources by defendant and also prove the fact that the animal did indeed come from WI. No harm...No foul.



That case is a house of cards and a waste of the Tax Payers' dollars. I think it is more ego and personality driven. Oh what a tangled web we weave.



jsc
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• Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - EricWI, Fri Jul 23 06:59:51 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - jscrick, Fri Jul 23 09:23:24 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - PHFaust, Fri Jul 23 10:04:23 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - jscrick, Fri Jul 23 10:43:45 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - jscrick, Fri Jul 23 12:37:36 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - Carmichael, Wed Aug 4 20:34:49 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - wireptile, Fri Jul 23 17:19:19 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - jscrick, Fri Jul 23 18:45:41 2010
• RE: Milwaukee WI, Court frees some turtles - wireptile, Fri Jul 23 22:00:27 2010
• Cost estimated at more than $250,000 - EricWI, Fri Jul 30 14:37:45 2010
• RE: Cost estimated at more than $250,000 - jscrick, Fri Jul 30 20:11:46 2010