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Steep Surcharges for Driving Violations Clog Texas Courts, Create Criminals

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2010 by Michael Rigby published in Prison Legal News December, 2010, page 24
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, News, State Legislation. Location: Texas.
by Mike Rigby

A program designed to raise money for highway projects and trauma care by assessing steep surcharges for drunk driving and other traffic violations is clogging Texas courts and causing the dismissal rate for DWI cases to skyrocket, former state district judge David Hodges told the Texas Public …

 

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