ACLU attorney: Biloxi is 'generating revenue off the backs of the poor'

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(10-22-2015, 07:59 AM)GMDino Wrote: I totally agree people should pay their fines if convicted or if they choose not to fight the ticket.  But I thought debtor prisons were illegal?  Or is there some loophole they are using here?

Either way I never understood the concept of putting people in prison where they have no hope of getting the money to pay fine because they did not have the money to pay a fine.


http://www.wlox.com/story/30321476/aclu-attorney-biloxi-is-generating-revenue-off-the-backs-of-the-poor

Sooooooo...... are they going to champion for all the dead-beat dads sitting in jail for failure to pay child support ? It would seem the same situation, to me.