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DoJ Urging Courts to Stop Jailing Low-Income People Over Unpaid Fines
Truth Revolt ^
| 3/17/16
| Trey Sanchez
Posted on 03/17/2016 6:06:33 PM PDT by Nachum
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It "erode[s] trust between local governments and their constituents."
You're... just a bunch of haters
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:06:33 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:06:49 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: Nachum
But they still must pay their Obamacare fines.
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:08:12 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(TRUMP. YES! Bye Bye hiLIARy.)
To: Nachum
I think we should stop putting people in jail for not paying taxes. too.
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:08:23 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
To: Nachum
What’s next,not having to pay your water bill?Oh wait....
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:13:28 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: Nachum
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:14:00 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
To: Nachum
"Obama will pay my gas & mortgage and my fines..."
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:14:51 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: Nachum
Jail just costs us more in taxes. Put ‘em to work.
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:19:10 PM PDT
by
Mr. Blond
To: Nachum
Then stop making fines part of sentencing and just lock 'em up. Problem solved.
Will not work though because muncipalities need the cash these fines generate.
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:20:43 PM PDT
by
ex91B10
(We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
To: Nachum
I have no problems with fines for infractions of the law....I am low income. I would love to se those fines based on percentage of income and wealth achieved. I had a good laugh when I heard of the billionaire that had a 100,000 dollar speeding ticket in Sweden. that’s how there fines work
big news for those that don’t want fines don’t break the law. the fact that some one is poor should not be used as an excuse to not be punished and if someone does not pay a fine let them spend a few weeks in jail. I am sure that it will change there perspective
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:21:30 PM PDT
by
PCPOET7
To: Nachum
I have no problems with fines for infractions of the law....I am low income. I would love to se those fines based on percentage of income and wealth achieved. I had a good laugh when I heard of the billionaire that had a 100,000 dollar speeding ticket in Sweden. that’s how there fines work
big news for those that don’t want fines don’t break the law. the fact that some one is poor should not be used as an excuse to not be punished and if someone does not pay a fine let them spend a few weeks in jail. I am sure that it will change there perspective
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:21:42 PM PDT
by
PCPOET7
To: Nachum
Sure. Let them go on to the next level of antisocial behavior.
To: Nachum
so take their big screen tv and their xbox and sell them at auction
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:52:03 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
How about the $600 Air Jordans?
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:54:22 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Lower than Whale feces - Benghazi Clinton lying to the mothers of the murdered State Dept. employees)
To: Nachum
Aren’t debtor’s prisons already outlawed?
To: Nachum
I guess us White People should give up on ever having 4th Amendment rights anymore.
If WE have to pay and others don't, it's illegal.
Period.
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posted on
03/17/2016 6:59:57 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: RetiredTexasVet
100%!!!
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posted on
03/17/2016 7:01:21 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Nachum
Well, it would be more efficient for judges to hand down jail sentences instead of fines in the first place. You mean that’s not what Lynch meant...?
To: Nachum
I agree.....put ‘em on a chain gang and get some useful work out of them.
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posted on
03/17/2016 7:20:44 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: Nachum
I would guess they have the stats and onow what democrat demographics are being jailed because they have bought bling, beer and boomboxes instead of paying bills, taxes and law violations.
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posted on
03/17/2016 7:22:19 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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