Ohio Supreme Court warns judges to end 'debtors' prisons'

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Ohio [official website] on Wednesday distributed a warning to all of the state's judges to end the policy of imprisoning people who are unable to pay court fines, a practice deemed unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court more than 30 years ago. The bench card, which is the first of its kind in this country, gives legal alternatives [ACLU report] to debtors' prisons, such as forfeiting one's driver's license, and describes procedures for determining one's...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/ohio-supreme-court-warns-judges-to-end-debtors-prisons.php

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