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Brief • January 12, 2024
Filed under: Fines
City of Grant Pass v. Johnson, USA, on Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Public Sleeping, 2024 No. 23-175 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States CITY OF GRANTS PASS, Petitioner, v. GLORIA JOHNSON AND JOHN LOGAN, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Filed under: Crime, Fines
Study Examines Link Between Fines and Crime by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A new study published in the American Sociological Review (“ASR”) challenges the efficacy and rationale of the growing body of fees and fines being imposed for minor offenses in courts across the U.S. The study asserts that …
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Violated Humphrey by Setting High Bail Without Considering Financial Condition of Defendant or Nonfinancial Conditions of Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, held the trial court erred by setting bail at an amount it …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Ability to Pay
Fines and Fees Justice Center-End Fees, Discharge Debt, Fairly Fund Government, Jan 2022 End Fees, Discharge Debt, Fairly Fund Government FFJC Policy Guidance for Eliminating Criminal Legal System Fees and Discharging Debt BY: FINES AND FEES JUSTICE CENTER PUBLISHED: JANUARY 2022 Table of Contents Introduction 2 The History of Fees …
Publication • 2022
Dreams-Deferred-Florida-Juvenile-Fees-Report-2022 FFJC Table of Contents I. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 3 II. Key Findings …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….. 4 III. How Juvenile Fees and Court Costs Pile Up……………………………………………………….…… 6 IV. Fees Harm Youth, Families, and the Community……………………………………………….……. 7 V. Juvenile Fee Revenue is Not Worth the Cost…………………………………………………….…….. 10 VI. Organizations that Oppose Fees on Youth……………………………………………………….………. …
Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022
Filed under: Fines
Study: Petty Court Fines and Fees Creates ‘Vicious Cycle’ of Debt for Years by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A study by the Duke University Law School found, unsurprisingly, that court fines and fees for such petty offenses as parking tickets creates a “vicious cycle of court debt” that lasts …
Article • March 15, 2021 • from CLN April, 2021
Hidden Sentences by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins No one was surprised when Florida again topped the list of “battleground states” in the run up to the 2020 presidential election, but the media narrative most frequently heard as November approached was not about hanging chads or turnout in Miami-Dade County. …
Did Two Judges Violate Ethics in Florida Voting Rights Restoration Case? by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian In 2018, Florida electors passed an amendment to the state constitution allowing the restoration of voting rights to residents convicted of felonies. The amendment, which does not apply to those convicted of murder …
Publication • June 1, 2019
Paid in Full- A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans, Vera Institute of Justice, 2019 Paid in Full: A Plan to End Money Injustice in New Orleans Jon Wool, Alison Shih, and Melody Chang June 2019 The following organizations endorse this report and its recommendations: ADL South Central …
Publication • April 1, 2018
Filed under: Fines, Ability to Pay
Penalty Assement Funds, California State Auditor, 2018 April 2018 Penalty Assessment Funds California’s Traffic Penalties and Fees Provide Inconsistent Funding for State and County Programs and Have a Significant Financial Impact on Drivers Report 2017-126 COMMITMENT INTEGRITY LEADERSHIP CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 | Sacramento | CA …
Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses, Neil Sobol, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2017 Legal Studies Research Paper Series Research Paper No. 17–34 Fighting Fines & Fees: Borrowing from Consumer Law to Combat Criminal Justice Debt Abuses Neil L. Sobol This …
Publication • September 12, 2016
The Bail Trap, The New York Times, 2016 9/12/2016 The Bail Trap ­ The New York Times http://nyti.ms/1IJKXjS The Bail Trap Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because they can’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their jobs, custody of their …
Publication • September 12, 2016
Paying For Your Time, Loyola Jour of Pub Int Law, 2016 Colgan, Beth 9/12/2016 For Educational Use Only PAYING FOR YOUR TIME: HOW CHARGING INMATES..., 15 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 319 15 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L 319 Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law Spring 2014 Article PAYING FOR …
The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the U.S., Concordance Institute for Advancing Social Justice, 2016 The Economic Burden of Incarceration in the U.S. Working Paper #CI072016 Michael McLaughlin, MACC, MBA, Washington University in St. Louis Carrie Pettus-Davis, MSW, PhD, Washington University in St. Louis Derek Brown, MA, PhD, Washington University …
Publication • March 14, 2016
Enforcement of Fines and Fees Letter, USDOJ Civil Rights Division, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Office for Access to Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 March 14, 2016 Dear Colleague: The Department of Justice (“the Department”) is committed to assisting state and local courts in their efforts to ensure …
Resource Guide: Reforming the Assessment and Enforcement of Fines and Fees, U.S. Department of Justice, 2015 RESOURCE GUIDE: REFORMING THE ASSESSMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF FINES AND FEES TABLE OF CONTENTS Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Publication • September 5, 2014
Mercenary Criminal Justice, Wayne Logan and Ronald Wright, University of Illinois Law Review, 2014 WRIGHT.DOCX (DO NOT DELETE) 9/5/2014 10:54 AM MERCENARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE Wayne A. Logan* Ronald F. Wright** To some degree, money has always figured in criminal justice. Early on, private enforcers of the criminal law received payments …
Publication
Filed under: Fines
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute-Unjust Revenue From an Imbalanced Criminal Legal System GBPI Georgia Budget & Policy Institute Unjust Revenue from an Imbalanced Criminal Legal System: How Georgia’s Fines and Fees Worsen Racial Inequity By Ray Khalfani, Worker Justice and Criminal Legal Systems Policy Analyst Key Takeaways: • • • …