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JAIL TIME? Sarasota Judge says those who owe need to pay or else!!

http://www.heraldtribune.com

SARASOTA COUNTY - A local judge has a message for anyone who owes court fines or fees: Pay up immediately or an officer will track you down and take you to jail.

Tired of being ignored by people who owe the court money, County Judge Kimberly Bonner has recruited county law enforcement agencies to actively track down the debtors at home, work or wherever and arrest them.

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Created by srq_hiker 3 years 10 weeks ago
Category: Taxes, Fees & Fines   Tags:

don't even follow their own rules...

srq_hiker 3 years 10 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago

part of the article states: Constitutional law forbids jailing people solely over fees and fines they cannot pay. Court officials say that, technically, they are jailing people because they violated a court order to appear and not because they owe the money.

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