Was in trafffic court the other day and they had probation violations up first. The judge told a young man that since he was doing his community service, making visits to probation officer and testing clean but was just out of work and couldn’t pay fines he would let do additional community service at the rate off min wage to go toward his fine. I thought that was the fairest judge I ever saw.
When you think about it, that judge was involved at a critical point in that young man's life. He could've either thrown the book at him and taken a hard line, which would've made that man's recovery from his addiction harder, or he could've encouraged him to stay clean and give him an alternative option to pay his debts.
That was a wise judge. Hope that young man stays clean and turns his life around.