sessions approves debtors prison

[dherd]

Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions retracted an Obama-era guidance to state courts that was meant to end debtors’ prisons, which throw people who are too poor to pay fines into jail. This practice is blatantly unconstitutional, and the guidance had helped jump-start reform around the country. Its withdrawal is the latest sign that the federal government is retreating from protecting civil rights for the most vulnerable among us.

HOW STUPID IS THIS? VERY STUPID.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/...ule=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

 

[19MU88]

i totally agree, can't we just deport them.

 

[ThunderCat98]

Sounds like you should be worried . . .

 

[GreenDuke]

Last week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions retracted an Obama-era guidance to state courts that was meant to end debtors’ prisons, which throw people who are too poor to pay fines into jail. This practice is blatantly unconstitutional, and the guidance had helped jump-start reform around the country. Its withdrawal is the latest sign that the federal government is retreating from protecting civil rights for the most vulnerable among us.

HOW STUPID IS THIS? VERY STUPID.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/...ule=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

You seem worried.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

It is stupid, because it is a waste of taxpayer's money. Save jail space for actual criminals.