The Justice Department warns local courts about unlawful methods when it comes down to fines and fees

This is a very interesting article that I was reading this morning on the Washington Post. I myself have yet to be victim, and I hope I never will be victim of state and local court abuse, to be honest I hope I stay out of court altogether LOL. However the article is talking about local courts manipulation when it comes down to slamming defendants with court fees and heavy fines.

Just to give you an example a 37-year-old man from Alabama that pleaded guilty for stripping a line of Apple trees and then selling the apples at a local flea market, he pleaded guilty in court, his time in court was less than an hour and was slammed with a $32,000 fee and a fine of $15,000 none of which went to the victim.

So how is it possible if a man walks into a courtroom pleas guilty and is sentenced to two a month in jail (if he has prior then that is the right sentence in my personal opinion) and slammed with $47,000 in fees to pay, how on earth did a judge come up with $47,000 to pay for less than 200 apples taken from three trees, what would’ve happened if he had robbed a bank took $1 million would be been slammed with a $5 billion fine?

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Anyhow it seems that the Justice Department and located several of these abuses and are asking local Justice Department to investigate and to bring to light the responsibles of these unlawful fines and fees, it seems that the Justice Department is not stopping at just this but they want names, it seems that could be some criminal charges slammed on those judges that broke the law by slamming these ridiculous fees to help county and city court budgets.