Sad news? A man pleads guilty to a breaking a federal law, throws himself at the mercy of the court and, according to the article, sentenced to the "low end of the federal guidelines. " Wouldn't that be good news? He imported a protected species and tried to cover it up. What would he have got if they decided to fully penalise him? !
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