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Re:Privatizing Poverty by frgtpsswrdlame on Friday August 24, 2018 @07:22AM (#17834221)
It has to be cruel and unusual. Fines may or may not be cruel but they're definitely not unusual.
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Re:Privatizing Poverty by praptak on Friday August 24, 2018 @11:26AM (#17835502)
Fines in general aren't. Fines so big that the individual cannot realistically pay them are up for discussion, IMHO.

I admit there's a Catch 22 logic here though. Once a punishment starts being handed so often that it becomes a problem for society, it becomes "usual".

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