Re:At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
by 1123581321 on Sunday August 28, 2022 @01:17AM
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Separate issues. I said enough in my post to indicate that I am sympathetic regarding the overall situation.
No, there just need to be better laws - or at least, more fit to the "crime" response.
In fact, if he was indeed "5 mph above the speed limit" he shouldn't even have been fined in the first place.
Police can and should use discretion (and they often/mostly do, this was just a shitty move in a shitty district).
Not to mention that, even given the fine was ok, there should have been an online/bank transfer way to pay...