tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4783392133030924411..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Ramping up debtors' prison in WacoGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91558119077130535842015-09-29T10:46:34.446-05:002015-09-29T10:46:34.446-05:00In El Paso, people with outstanding traffic warran...In El Paso, people with outstanding traffic warrants have attempted to turn themselves in. In order to pay Traffic Fines. The only way they can. Again we are talking of lower income people. They are turned away and in some case'es when stopped for a violation again merely have the ticket added to their already unpayable account.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12907402677124499855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-75489415995923782142015-07-12T21:45:22.769-05:002015-07-12T21:45:22.769-05:00great blog..
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immigration, acc...great blog..<br /><br />www.tiongsonlaw.com<br />immigration, accident, divorce, hurt in las vegas, litigating malpractice, injured in vegas, hurt by a doctor, las vegas personal injury attorney, negotiating clark county Nevada cases, traumatic injuries, hotel accident, decades of experience, casino negligence, nevada dui, medical malpractice, devastating accident, client rights, protecting victimsLuxx Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715742989350243271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81860871049682331962015-07-08T21:50:00.223-05:002015-07-08T21:50:00.223-05:00Don't ya'll just love Texas just-us, Class...Don't ya'll just love Texas just-us, Class C misdemeanors are a "NON-JAIL" offense, and FTA failure to appear that stems from that is, well unlawful but hey it is always about the money, truth justice be damned give us the money ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-9073764579205274282015-07-07T23:06:49.956-05:002015-07-07T23:06:49.956-05:00M. Kat Mason
1000% I could catch you breaking a m...M. Kat Mason<br /><br />1000% I could catch you breaking a municipal law every day this month, and probably more than 1. There's your ticket.<br /><br />Now throw in a layoff, or you having a heart attack, or your mom sinking into dementia and you're the person who can help her.<br /><br />I love Texas - born and bred - but there is a simple mindedness and Machiavellian nature to the majority of the state population which makes me furious.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565574614810210380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20556514237221149162015-07-07T16:08:37.192-05:002015-07-07T16:08:37.192-05:00Money hungry s.o.b's...POOR PERSON HAS ABOUT A...Money hungry s.o.b's...POOR PERSON HAS ABOUT AS MUCH RIGHT AS A SNOW BALL IN HELL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51785670361404238062015-07-07T13:50:19.763-05:002015-07-07T13:50:19.763-05:00I really think expanded community service is the w...I really think expanded community service is the way to go. It's just wrong for someone to serve time behind bars for a fine-only misdemeanor--even if they ask to. But walking away scot-free doesn't change behavior in the way that gives us a safer community. As a citizen, I don't want my court dedicated to revenue production, but I do want it to yield greater safety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23194575218575416682015-07-07T13:41:44.547-05:002015-07-07T13:41:44.547-05:00@Kat, they can't pay, Waco rarely allows commu...@Kat, they can't pay, Waco rarely allows community service, and the city won't waive for indigence. Have you ever heard the saying, "you can't get blood from a stone"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53185805672686212322015-07-07T13:40:58.247-05:002015-07-07T13:40:58.247-05:00M. Kat Mason, I don't know whether the people ...M. Kat Mason, I don't know whether the people violated a traffic law or not. People that are too poor to pay the fine are also too poor to hire a Lawyer to help them with a ticket that may not have been justified. Of course, folks are free to believe that Law Enforcement only issues tickets to guilty people if they want to. DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10620670491113872035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44590687083327979182015-07-07T13:25:02.428-05:002015-07-07T13:25:02.428-05:00While this is certainly something to think about, ...While this is certainly something to think about, I can't get past the fact that they violated a law to get the ticket in the first place. So they broke the rules with the full knowledge they couldn't afford too and got a ticket. Now they can't pay. They have the opportunity to make arrangements for the ticket, including serving their time on their non-working days. <br /><br />While this seems like a valid concern, in the end I don't see it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122787700817689475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-12324790103875630412015-07-07T13:10:21.347-05:002015-07-07T13:10:21.347-05:00CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 1. CODE OF CRIMI...CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE<br /><br />TITLE 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE<br /><br />CHAPTER 45. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS<br /><br />SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS<br /><br />Art. 45.048. DISCHARGED FROM JAIL. (a) A defendant placed in jail on account of failure to pay the fine and costs shall be discharged on habeas corpus by showing that the defendant:<br />(1) is too poor to pay the fine and costs;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36239544145237401942015-07-07T12:58:36.364-05:002015-07-07T12:58:36.364-05:00Maybe someone in Waco should read Tate v Short:
...Maybe someone in Waco should read Tate v Short: <br /><br />United States Supreme Court<br />TATE v. SHORT, (1971)<br />No. 324<br />Argued: January 14, 1971 Decided: March 2, 1971<br /><br />Petitioner, an indigent, was convicted of traffic offenses and fined a total of $425. Though Texas law provides only for fines for such offenses, it requires that persons unable to pay must be incarcerated for sufficient time to satisfy their fines, at the rate of $5 per day, which in petitioner's case meant an 85-day term. The state courts denied his petition for habeas corpus. Held: It is a denial of equal protection to limit punishment to payment of a fine for those who are able to pay it but to convert the fine to imprisonment for those who are unable to pay it. Williams v. Illinois, 399 U.S. 235 . Pp. 397-401.<br />DLWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10620670491113872035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50882968137846917362015-07-07T12:32:06.950-05:002015-07-07T12:32:06.950-05:00Note to Travelers, Truckers and those headed to an...Note to Travelers, Truckers and those headed to and / or back to Mexico<br /><br />Avoid Waco at all cost (use your GPS or a Map) and whatever you do, don't buy anything on the net if it comes from a Waco zip code. Once there's no outsiders to high-jack, extort and rob, they'll turn on their own kind and eventually burn themselves out of town. Friggin hicks. <br /><br />F7ck 'em & feed those biblethumpin hayseeds fishheads.<br /><br />*I haven't spent one red dime in that weird place since the day they chose to participate in killing women & children. (Last year, I sent an Item given to me as a gift bought on Ebay for a couple of hundred bucks back due to it coming from that wackedout place.) Have you allowed yourselves to forget about the "Texas Barbeque" the entire town chose to attend and cheer on with high-fives vs. choosing to take vacation and sick days when the order came down to - kill 'em all & let their god sort 'em out. And, nope, don't own a bike of any kind and don't want one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17395520008234420682015-07-07T10:30:36.891-05:002015-07-07T10:30:36.891-05:00Maybe they're just trying to scare up some rev...Maybe they're just trying to scare up some revenue to pay for lawyers to defend their actions at Twin Peaks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85633207972323179372015-07-07T08:43:17.157-05:002015-07-07T08:43:17.157-05:00Perfect example of government arrogance exceeding ...Perfect example of government arrogance exceeding their competence! What about the required hearing before a Magistrate? <b>What about Class C Misdemeanors like traffic crap being NON-Jailable offenses?</b> What about Municipalities (and other good ol' PAL-ities) cannot Make Law nor append the laws of the flaming flying monkey legislature? What about We The Poor People who are not paid members of the illicit BAR Assoc having rights and representation? <br /> Just because the grinning bastards in charge want to jail and rob their local citizens (and God knows how many illegal visitors), is supposed to NOT be the same as carrying it out. Thy are not supposed to be able to do whatever the Hell they want---even though they may have seen the State or fed gov do similar. <br /> THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC SERVANTS (public serve-us) and honoring oaths IS GONE, as capitalism fell to cronyism. Damn their eyes; damn ALL their eyes.<br /> If that Network movie was made today, would the tag line be, "Mad as Hell, and locked away for it!"johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02808884177035705472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-489324945839784102015-07-06T21:18:28.965-05:002015-07-06T21:18:28.965-05:00It's hard to get excited about Texas being so ...It's hard to get excited about Texas being so "Smart on Crime" when you read about nonsense like this. Couple this with the untimely death of Ban the Box and other no-brainer reforms and it's easy to get all depressed again.<br /><br />Prison DocAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com