[Guvante]

> If a judge thinks that you deserve a larger penalty as a deterrent then that's not bias, he's doing his job.

There is no un-biased method of determining that the OP is likely to tag a building. Every single factor pointed to this being a one time event.

The only factor that you can pin a maximum sentence on is being indignant towards the process. He believes the process needs to be improved, and put himself in there intentionally to observe.

Doing it intentionally points to a harsher sentence, but going beyond the initial arraignment already put him into harsher sentence. The prosecutor asked for several times the typical punishment as well.

Although it is always possible we are missing something, typically it is the case the most obvious truth is the correct one. The judge thought that purposefully tagging a building was an afront to the justice system and punishable to the full extent of his power.

Not exactly acting like a judge is it?