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North Carolina

steventh

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2. We must elect District Court judges with compassion (i.e., Democrats)

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 01:25 PM

Apr 2019

In Forsyth County I was sometimes successful in getting costs and fines waived for low income clients by making the argument that demanding payment from people who can't afford to pay is tantamount to debtor's prison. Some judges were good about waiving costs and fines; others weren't.

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ACLU: NC's "Ballooning" Court Costs Criminalize Poverty, Cost Counties [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2019 OP

This is a disgrace. What can we do to turn this around? littlemissmartypants Apr 2019 #1

We must elect District Court judges with compassion (i.e., Democrats) steventh Apr 2019 #2

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