Who Wants to Live Forever?
Harvey Updyke, 64, pleaded guilty to poisoning the Toomer’s Oaks at Alabama’s Auburn University with herbicides after its football team beat the University of Alabama. The university tried for two years to save the trees, but they died and had to be removed. On behalf of the public university, the state sued Updyke, asking for $1.35 million in restitution. Circuit Court Judge Jacob A. Walker awarded the university $796,731.98, plus ordered Updyke to pay $2,000 in legal fees and $16,500 in court costs. Updyke’s attorney claims his client is indigent, but Walker ruled that “the court finds that installation payments will not be overly burdensome on the victim or the defendant.” His order: that Walker pay $500 per month. Assuming no interest accrues, Updyke can look forward to retiring his debt in just under 133 years. (RC/Opelika-Auburn News) ...And after that, he can start paying his lawyer’s fees.Original Publication Date: 08 December 2013
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