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Dashiell Bennett@dashiell.bsky.social |
Hey quick question: When a poor person is fined $1,000 and it's "impossible" for them to come up with the money, do judges usually just waive the usual rules and cut them a break? I don't own a TV or know what newspapers are!
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Jeremiah🏳️🌈
@jeremiahrappel.bsky.social
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The answer is no. The comments to this are a lot of yes’s but they all rely on a poor person having the money to afford a good enough lawyer. Which most do not.
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Girl
@cbellious.bsky.social
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You can usually get a reduction if you can prove your case for why you can’t afford it. Usually won’t waive the whole amount since some penalty should be applied for not obeying rules
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Mark Shore
@markshore.bsky.social
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my understanding is that it absolutely is the case almost everywhere, as long as the judge is convinced that you are "very sorry" and "gave it a try" and "won't do it again" sometimes the judge and the prosecutor will even take you out to lunch if you're really broke
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@siebensiebensieben.bsky.social
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If he is a good person: Yes. With a bad person who insults everybody or is doing harm to others who have far less than him and mocks them... hm.
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Kwisatz Sazerac 🖤 🐀🐀🐀
@acekatana.bsky.social
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If the fine is court fines & fees courts here will often drop them if someone is indigent. If it’s a fine as a sentence then they’ll convert it to community service. But it all depends on jurisdiction, law isn’t real
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@wob1.bsky.social
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Often, they are jailed instead.
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Haveyouearnedagoldstartoday?
@ashishkabob.bsky.social
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What are poor people, they sound gross
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Steve Brady
@stevebrady.bsky.social
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Seems to me if he can't pay the fine, he should do hard time.
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OttoTanoshiiNeko
@ottotanoshiineko.bsky.social
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I thought those poor folks are forced to do community service or serve jail time. The justice in my country is extremely cruel toward the poor.🫤
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Chris G.
@iamchrisgam.bsky.social
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Looking forward to the court saying "Welp, he says he can't pay. What do we do now? Can't very well take his stuff, can we?" 😐
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Craig Burley
@craigburley.bsky.social
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Yes in many different ways
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Toast Jerviss
@toastjerviss.bsky.social
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Hahah yeah right only the rich get that treatment
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Ndubest
@ndubest.bsky.social
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@processanalyzer.bsky.social
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Thats why cash bail discriminates against the poor. Poor as in owns a white elephant dump in palm beach.
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Kyla Houbolt
@luaz.bsky.social
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I once owed $50 and didn't have it and got put in a cell for five days except my friend rounded up the cash for my bail after 3.
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baeb66.bsky.social
@baeb66.bsky.social
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In some cases, they will put that person on a payment plan. At least that is what I saw the judges do at the municipal court.
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ChatGPTom
@siropsalot.bsky.social
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In this case, it's not that he doesn't have the money, it's that he doesn't have it in cash and no one will loan him the cash using his other assets as collateral. He could sell assets to come up with the cash but doesn't want to.
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Don't Eat That
@inediblepouch.bsky.social
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Free lawyer's too drunk to remember your conversations so probably not
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Boring Knucklehead
@brazuca.bsky.social
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Is this the equivalent to no bail, but for corporations? Because that’s hilarious
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Kevin OMalley
@holyshitimfucked.com
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If they have the dedicated services of a skillful lawyer then yes. This usually works out to "absolutely not" for this reason.
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@immick.bsky.social
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Learn from history, nothing within the legal system will happen to that POS. Never has never will.
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Fizzle-bah
@fizzlebah.bsky.social
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I didnt have the $$ and was ordered 800 hours working at a food bank. The food bank hired me for the supervisor position once the 800 was completed. Also learned how to dance a forklift💪💪💪
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