Note: In this trial, I am using a style of legal citation wherein the name of the case is “plaintiff” v “defendant”, followed by the bracketed year in which the request was made, and a number denoting the ordinal number of that case in the sequence of other cases made in that year of that name. Please contact me for clarification if necessary. This case may be referred to under this system as pds0303 v _theJKH_ (2019)1.

Introduction

1 pds0303 ( u/pds12345 ) was the plaintiff, represented by kaostheory ( u/vtesterlwg ), bringing a case against the defendant, _theJKH_ ( u/theJKH ), who did not appear in court, nor their legal representative. The request for trial was made here on the 18th of January 2019 (GMT), and I, Judge AllenY, took the request and presided over the trial, from the 18th of February 2019 (GMT) to the 21st of March 2019 (GMT), here. I am hereby issuing judgment, on the 22nd of March 2019 (GMT).

2 The plaintiff claimed two counts of Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01 (“First-Degree Intentional Griefing”). As the defendant did not appear in court, no plea was entered; after the plaintiff submitted claims and presented evidence and called witnesses, I granted the trial a summary judgment under the Constitution of Mount Augusta Article II C. vii. In this judgment, I must find the defendant either guilty or not guilty, and if guilty, I must sentence them.

First count

3 The Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01 provides “First-Degree Intentional Griefing” to be “the willful destruction of property with the intent to cause death” or “the willful destruction of property with the intent to cause destruction”, or “[t]he coercion by force, threat of force, fraud, payment or contracting by promise of payment or reimbursement any party with the goal of causing the above” or “[m]aterially assisting anyone via donation of goods, materials, or other aid (snitch network access, etc.) with the goal of causing the above”.

4 The plaintiff asserts that the defendant broke a waterdrop of the plaintiff’s, providing the evidence of screenshots of the site, snitch logs, and a witness, FlavRX. I am satisfied that the defendant did this. A waterdrop is a device for preventing death; anyone who has played on CivClassics for much time knows this, and so it is reasonable to believe that the defendant knew that destroying a waterdrop would cause death. On this same occasion, it is said by the witness that two vault bastions were broken. This assertion would elevate the seriousness of the count in sentencing. However, as there is only the word of a single witness, and this was not claimed in the evidence stage, I cannot consider this sufficiently proven. However, with regards to the waterdrop, I am thus satisfied that the plaintiff has carried out their burden of proof, “beyond a reasonable doubt”, in proving that this act was done by the plaintiff, and constituted “the willful destruction of property with the intent to cause death”.

Second count

5 On a separate, later occasion, the defendant was alleged by the plaintiff to have placed a large amount of obsidian, reinforced to stone and diamond, on the plaintiff’s property. This was backed up by snitch logs and screenshots. This was placed around a bunker, but in fact reinforced obsidian would be easily understood to severely inhibit the use of any property, and destructive of the value of the property. This may be considered “the willful destruction of property with the intent to cause destruction”. I am again satisfied that the plaintiff has proven the crime “beyond a reasonable doubt”.

Conclusion

6 In conclusion, I find the defendant, _theJKH_, guilty on two counts of Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01 (“First-Degree Intentional Griefing”). Here ends the verdict.

Sentencing

7 _theJKH_, I have found you guilty on two counts of Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01 (“First-Degree Intentional Griefing”), and I must sentence you accordingly.

8 You were found guilty on two counts, but I must consider the Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.04 first. This section, “Severe Griefing”, provides that “[i]f a person is found to have used lava, water, stone-reinforced obsidian, iron-reinforced obsidian, diamond reinforced obsidian, any diamond reinforced blocks, or TNT in their griefing”, the crime “may be escalated one degree in sentencing”. While in the first count regarding the griefing of the waterdrop, none of this occurred, in the second count diamond and stone reinforced obsidian was used amply in the griefing. Thus, I apply this escalation in sentencing, meaning that you will be sentenced as if you had committed an extra count, for a total of three counts’ worth.

9 The Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01 3. d. provides that:

Three counts and up will result in a minimum sentence of 1 week Prison Pearl or Exile Pearl per count (e.g. 3 counts would carry a minimum sentence of 3 weeks). The sentencing judge may, based on the severity of the crime and other factors, elect to give the convicted individual any length of sentence beyond that, up to and including a lifetime Prison Pearl or Exile Pearl, subject to subsection 4.

10 While the number of counts is in itself high, the actions which comprised them were particularly serious. The destruction of a waterdrop is calculated to kill, while its location near military infrastructure and away from ground level means that it would have been an especially purposeful act on your part to find and destroy it, perhaps even with the consideration that it would cause loss to those carrying valuable military gear.

11 The placing of reinforced obsidian was vast and similarly intentional. That you did so at a later date means that excuses like opportunism or temporary lapse in judgement cannot apply; the volume and strength of the obsidian itself placed was considerable. The plaintiff notes that it took many hours of several people to clear it all, and again, its placement at out-of-the-way military infrastructure shows that you knew exactly what you were doing. Its placement at bedrock (preventing it from being acidblocked) and the use of diamond, an expensive and the highest-tier reinforcement, aggravates even more immensely. There has of course been no remorse for any of this, as you did not even appear in court. There could be little doubt that common sense would not furnish that these acts would be illegal in any jurisdiction, furthermore.

12 I sentence you to deter you and others from committing similar acts against the law, to denounce these acts, and to attain justice for the plaintiff. However, I must note that you have never before been convicted of a crime in Mount Augusta, which counts in your favour.

13 _theJKH_, for the first count of Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01, I sentence you to two weeks prison pearl. For the second count of Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01, I sentence you to two weeks prison pearl. For the third count of Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01, I sentence you to two weeks prison pearl. I order that these sentences be served consecutively, for a total of six weeks prison pearl, which is to say 42 days.

14 You must turn yourself in to the Mount Augusta authorities as soon as possible to begin your sentence. You must also agree upon and pay reparations with the plaintiff as per the Mount Augusta Criminal Code 100.01 5., and if agreement cannot be reached, I will determine the reparations to be paid. Here ends the sentencing. Lex paciferat.