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Criminal Justice Debt
and the Need for Reform
In the News...
Municipal Court too Quick to Levy Fines and Needs Major Reform-
Report: NJ Spotlight
Larry Krasner: Time to rethink probation and parole
: The Inquirer
How the municipal court money machine burdens city residents:
Curbed
Opening church doors, closing cases of Philly defendants:
National Public Radio
Behind the scenes, prosecutor lobbies wield immense power
: The Washington Post
NJ Chief Justice: Stop turning municipal courts into moneymakers:
Kala Kachmar
Court's Policy 'Extorts' Family of Poor Defendants: Federal Judge:
Karen Wall
With Krasner as DA, is Philly finally ready to end cash bail?
: Philadelphia Inquirer
Legislature passes bill to bring fairness to Washington's system of Legal Financial Obligations:
ACLU-W
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How Nuisance Laws Are Making Poverty a Crime
:
The New Republic
Bill will make Florida the most transparent state in the Nation
: Herald Tribune
Supreme Court Ruling Means Immigrants Could Continue to be Detained Indefinitely:
NPR's Dominico Montanaro
Justice Shouldn't Come with a $250 fine:
NY
Times OpEd by Alexes Harris
Sessions Says to Court: Go Ahead, Jail People Because They're Poor:
NY Times OpEd by Chiraag Bains
Sessions rescinds letter warning local courts about fees and fines imposed on poor people:
ABA Journal by Debra Cassens Weis
Judge Finds New Orleans Debtors Prison Unconstitutional:
Courthouse News
N.C. Attorneys Challenge Court Fines and Fees as Unconstitutional:
Southern Coalition for Social Justice Blog
How Our User-Pay Justice System Drives Mass Incarceration:
Huffington Post OpEd by Jon Wool
Exclusive: Inside the municipal court cash machine:
Kala Kachmar of the Asbury Park
Press
Legal Financial Obligations are the New Debtors Prison
- Arvind Dilawar of the Pacific Standard