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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

The Obama administration is urging judges across the country to stop handing down jail time to low-income individuals who have unpaid fines.

To entice (bribe?) the courts, Loretta Lynch's Department of Justice is offering grants totaling $2.5 million to states and local governments who update their criminal justice practices following these, and other, recommendations.

According to Essence, state judges received a letter that complained they were infringing on the constitutional rights of their communities by trapping those low-income citizens in a cycle of poverty.

The letter stated:

Furthermore, in addition to being unlawful, to the extent that these practices are geared not toward addressing public safety, but rather toward raising revenue, they can cast doubt on the impartiality of the tribunal and erode trust between local governments and their constituents.

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KEYWORDS: debtorsprison; doj; fines; jail; loretta; lynch; unpaidfines
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It "erode[s] trust between local governments and their constituents."

You're... just a bunch of haters

1 posted on 03/17/2016 6:06:33 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 03/17/2016 6:06:49 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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But they still must pay their Obamacare fines.


3 posted on 03/17/2016 6:08:12 PM PDT by w1andsodidwe (TRUMP. YES! Bye Bye hiLIARy.)
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To: Nachum

I think we should stop putting people in jail for not paying taxes. too.


4 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)
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To: Nachum

What’s next,not having to pay your water bill?Oh wait....


5 posted on 03/17/2016 6:13:28 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Nachum

Huh?

Weird...


6 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)
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"Obama will pay my gas & mortgage and my fines..."
7 posted on 03/17/2016 6:14:51 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Nachum

Jail just costs us more in taxes. Put ‘em to work.


8 posted on 03/17/2016 6:19:10 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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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.

9 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!)
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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


10 posted on 03/17/2016 6:21:30 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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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


11 posted on 03/17/2016 6:21:42 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Nachum

Sure. Let them go on to the next level of antisocial behavior.


12 posted on 03/17/2016 6:28:15 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Go Ted!)
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To: Nachum
so take their big screen tv and their xbox and sell them at auction
13 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)
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How about the $600 Air Jordans?


14 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)
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To: Nachum

Aren’t debtor’s prisons already outlawed?


15 posted on 03/17/2016 6:57:15 PM PDT by buckeye49
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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.

16 posted on 03/17/2016 6:59:57 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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100%!!!
17 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)
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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...?


18 posted on 03/17/2016 7:03:06 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Nachum

I agree.....put ‘em on a chain gang and get some useful work out of them.


19 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)
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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.


20 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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