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Sessions rescinds fines and fees warning

December 22, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

A few months ago, I had occasion to interview a man who, at age 18, stole a cheap video game system from a department store. […]

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Attorneys: Plaintiff in ACLU case handcuffed to hospital bed

October 19, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

But while in jail, he was denied proper medication, twice blacked out and ended up in the emergency room for dangerously low blood pressure even as he was cuffed to his hospital bed, according to the amended complaint.

Beaufort Mun Court - South Carolina towns ignored pleas to help defend the poor, ACLU says

South Carolina towns ignored pleas to help defend the poor, ACLU says

October 18, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

The American Civil Liberties Union’s latest debtors’ prison lawsuit accuses two South Carolina cities of declining or ignoring requests to help fund public defender services […]

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SC top judge: 6th Amendment violations “continually” a problem, orders reforms

October 13, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

“It has continually come to my attention that defendants, who are neither represented by counsel nor have waived counsel, are being sentenced to imprisonment.”

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Deportation fears in Georgia fines case

October 11, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

Under the federal rules of civil procedure, the names of the parties of a lawsuit ought to be disclosed, but there are rare times when […]

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Arch City: Woman jailed 27 days over unpaid traffic tickets

October 11, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

The lawsuit, filed October 10 in US District Court of the Eastern District of Missouri against the City of Arnold, says officials jailed Qiana Williams […]

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Conflicts and contracting out justice debt collections

October 10, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

More local governments are turning to private collection companies to recoup overdue court fines, but it’s a model that raises serious conflict of interest concerns […]

Screen Shot 2017 10 15 at 6.43.56 AM - ACLU: Despite law, Debtors' prisons persist in Colorado

ACLU: Despite law, Debtors’ prisons persist in Colorado

October 6, 2017 Jim McElhatton 1

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado issued a scathing report this week that found Colorado municipal court judges operate with almost no state oversight, […]

Screen Shot 2017 10 15 at 6.58.55 AM - South Carolina official sued by ACLU warned of problems years ago

South Carolina official sued by ACLU warned of problems years ago

October 6, 2017 Jim McElhatton 0

More than four years before the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit accusing Lexington County, South Carolina officials of running “modern day debtors’ prison,” […]

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