How is this relevant to how long sentences should be?
I'm glad he didn't waste the court's time very much, I guess.
I'm glad he didn't waste the court's time very much, I guess.
Presumably his probation terms included "don't commit crimes" so the cyberflasher law is only relevant as it was the crime he did to break his probation
Either way, if that's the case then this story is extremely misleading.
Think of it this way: If someone on probation intentionally shoplifts, and gets a full punishment for shoplifting, and their probation gets cancelled, how much extra punishment should they get on top of that? I'd say some, but not years. And I don't think the extra a punishment should be a multiplier, I think it should be largely independent of the specific crime. Different amounts for misdemeanor and felony, probably, but neither one should be huge.