Originally Posted by
4eyedbuzzard
A judge can order people to do/not do lots of things as part of a sentence or plea agreement or pre-trial diversion. A judge can also order people to obtain mental health treatment, and take meds as prescribed, and stay away from geographic areas and certain activities. The bans weren't urban legends, they were real. The AT, for threatening behavior towards hikers and an ATC employee; Baxter for physically pushing someone off the trail. But all this happened almost 20 years ago.