God Damnit. God fucking Damnit. Fuck Fuck Fuck this is disgusting, private prosecutions. didn't even give credit for time served. all for beating Chevron in an environmental case and appealing a preposterous court order. I knew cruelty was the point in this but fuck. Even if he actually did 6 counts of contempt of court 2 years and 8 months is more than can be legally given for that.
Private prosecutions have been around forever, and they can theoretically be useful. If for example the state does not charge a cop for a wrongful shooting, the family of the victim can in theory initiate a private prosecution.
In practice however there are significant costs involved and most people simply would not have the funding to go through with something like that. Corporations on the other hand...