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my suggestion is no jail time......but off the tour for 1 year

and 1000 hours working with animal protection services.

Seems a bit extreme to me, hjack:

Take away a man's livelihood for a full year -- his innocent family and charities suffer, too -- and demand a half year of his working life (2,000 hours is considered full-time) . . . for accidentally killing a bird?

And it was an accident. His intent was to scare it away, not kill it. And while he may have aimed at the bird, he had no real thought he could hit it, much less kill it. After the bird was down, he attempted to save it by calling in a veternarian. He's adopted three stray cats from his local animal shelter. Does this sound like the profile of an animal abuser?

It was a one-in-a-million shot for goodness sakes. He was almost a football field away with a golf ball -- not a gun -- and a very small hole in the sky through which to send it. In fact, had somebody handed him a rifle and told him to shoot the bird -- that definitely would have stopped the offensive noise -- there's no way he would have done it.

Tripp has already suffered significantly and is obviously remorseful. That was evident to anyone who saw his interview tonight on The Golf Channel. How is society served by inflicting such severe additional punishment in this freak situation? Even the law pegs the financial damage at only $1,500. Quite a difference from the price you would extract.

WWJJD -- What would Judge Judy do?