The Importance of Punishment by Process

A lot of the time, even if arrests won't stack up in court, the police will still arrest you on suspicion anyway. And that achieves what they want. In my case in Wellingbra, the punishment by process would have been that they chop the tree down. If I not climbed the tree, then they would be gone. The most I get for aggravated trespass is a small fine. Even if I go forward and get convicted, I don't think I will - because the law is on my side.

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