I somewhat agree with what Aidan is saying here. I think it comes down to a fundamental misunderstanding of what a "precedent" is. You mention the justice system, which does use precedents. An example of a precedent in the justice system would be "this person should be punished for committing this crime." Whether or not you are regretful, admit to it, etc, etc, you are going to be punished if you commit a crime. Good example on the server is Ozzy, he could've been permanently banned again, however his punishment was losing Super Admin and going down to Admin. Ozzy was still punished.
The exact definition of a precedent in law is: a court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues.
No where will you find the exact same sentencing for the same crime under DIFFERENT circumstances. This is because there is precedent surrounding that a person should be punished for committing a crime, but precedents can not be set when each circumstance is different. Circumstances create the timeframe of sentencing, parole/no parole, reduced sentencing under good behavior, etc. This is decided by the judge, in this case the judges are staff.
Basically, in this example, the precedent isn't the timeframe of the punishment it's whether or not you should be punished based off previous cases.
That being said the question becomes, have people been denied an appeal after only cheating for one war (claimed by blooms), admitting to it, and being regretful? That's the question you have to answer to find the current precedent. That's not to say precedents can't be broken, thus establishing a new precedent. As stated before Ozzy's case broke a precedent and established that cheating but contributing heavily to the server may earn a reduced punishment. Others have contributed in catching other cheaters and were unbanned for their service to the community, much like reduced sentencing for exposing others involved in criminal activities. Toxicity bans lost their precedent and a new precedent was established that if the community member had "reformed" themselves enough to return as a non-toxic member then they'd be unbanned (pretty sure this no longer stands but it was a thing for a little bit when D Rose was Manager).
I'm going to remain neutral as I'm pretty torn on the issue (which I think I made very clear). I just felt this may be valuable input and questioning in regards to this ban and precedents in general set on the server now and in the future.