Don't think it is in the spirit of this board.
I don't think plagiarism is in the spirit of this forum.
1. most of these people are poor as fuck and even though they need to be banned I can't say I have no idea why they do this.
I sympathize, but if being able to join bounty campaigns is this important to them, then all the more reason they should have read the rules. It doesn't exactly take much effort to write a single original sentence, which is what most of these bounty campaigns will pay for.
2. some people have semi legit reasons and have already been made fun of and their valid "excuses" have been ridiculed.
In my opinion, there is no valid "excuse" for plagiarism. I assume the cases you are talking about are when people have copy and pasted various announcements that were obviously announcements. I agree not deserving of an outright ban (unless they are obviously trying to monetize it by adding their own referral links to the bottom of the post or something similar), but it still isn't an excuse and they should properly reference their source.
3. Just provide the evidence that then need a ban and just leave it at that.
We know users like this don't read the rules, but if plagiarizers are rightly ridiculed whenever they are encountered, word may spread and it could serve as a deterrent to others.
I don't know why you post in every ban appeal thread or thread about plagiarism asking for leniency for the user(s) in question. Passing someone else's work off as your own,
especially when you are doing it simply to get paid, is completely unacceptable in any and all walks of life, from the most early stages of elementary school up to the highest levels of professional careers. A single case of plagiarism is enough to get you expelled from university or fired from a job. I don't know why that should be any different here, regardless of the user's real life circumstances. There isn't much that will get you permanently banned on this forum, but this is one line that we should not be crossing.