A climate activist in New Zealand faces 10 years in jail after a court found her guilty of forgery for sending a fake letter to the speakers at an oil industry conference, telling them it had been postponed due to the climate crisis.
To be facing 10 years she must have been charged under section 255 subsection 1 of the Crimes Act 1961. It doesn’t seem from the article that her intentions met the criteria in that subsection which states “Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who makes a false document with the intention of using it to obtain any property, privilege, service, pecuniary advantage, benefit, or valuable consideration.”
To be facing 10 years she must have been charged under section 255 subsection 1 of the Crimes Act 1961. It doesn’t seem from the article that her intentions met the criteria in that subsection which states “Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who makes a false document with the intention of using it to obtain any property, privilege, service, pecuniary advantage, benefit, or valuable consideration.”