Put a middle-age white woman in prison over unpaid fines. What could possibly go wrong?
No, I don't think her death was of "natural causes".
The GESTAPO MUST BE STOPPED!!!
Put a middle-age white woman in prison over unpaid fines. What could possibly go wrong?
No, I don't think her death was of "natural causes".
scuse me, what!?
When do “debtors prisons” make a comeback?
and yet, these Americans continue to send their children to government school... 180 days a year for 13 years...
Well,her heirs have certainly won the lottery.
I am sorry that an event like this is necessary to force a study of social not criminal actions.
Since 1999...15 years? There is something much greater going on in this event and family!
It turned out that he was being paid handsomely by the jail contractor (surprise! Another well-connected Democrat) who wanted to keep his detention facilities full so he could maximize the $300 plus per kid per day charge which was billed to the local county.
Given that this is Philadelphia, a city which makes even the sewage pond of Scranton look relatively clean, I've got to wonder if something similar is in play here.
May she R.I.P.
If no one could come forward to help her with her children’s truancy fines, I wonder who will pay her burial expenses (which are huge anyplace in this country)? And who will raise her children?
“the debtor’s prisons from the nation’s Colonial days”
Today, you can not go to jail for any debt EXCEPT OF COURSE IF YOU OWE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
What?!? Had she claimed immaculate conception for the seven children, or was the court not able to find the children's father(s)?
If authorities don't know the cause of death, then how can they rule out suspicious behaviour???
I’m glad we send my daughter to private school. She misses numerous days each year due to sickness yet still maintains the highest average in her grade. In public school this would count for nothing because the school gets paid per student-day.
If theft under $20 is a misdemeanor, a citation, basically, then what happens when the offender, who is caught red-handed, ignores court orders to pay the fine, refuses to come to court when summoned, and consequently racks up other contempt charges? Call him a 'bad boy' and make it all good?
I could be wrong but I believe another article I read stated that she was asked to produce evidence that she couldn’t pay it to court but she didn’t.
This article does not address that if it’s true.
I seem to remember that going back at least to the 50s and before that; if truancy was a problem then the truant kid was sent to reform school, not the parent. If the penalty doesn’t fall on the truant kids then there is no reason for them to do other than let their parents take the hits.
A fine should be a fine. It's not an excuse for the robbers in black robes to get a blank check to pad their pension funds.
I say we put the truant students in jail; but if we must jail parents, then let us jail the FATHERS not the mothers. If the fathers are not in the picture, then double the jail sentence. In the teen years, especially with sons, it is difficult for mothers to control rebellious teens, especially if they are raising their children alone.
This is a reason to declare her kids out of control?
I won't even get into the idea of punishing people to force them to send their kids to those kiddy prisons they call "schools". For the record, BAD IDEA.