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Texas Judges Jail Defendants too Poor to Pay Fines, Debts

Loaded on June 30, 2017 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News July, 2017, page 44
Filed under: Money/Property. Location: Texas.

by Matt Clarke

The original 1836 Constitution of the Republic of Texas included a prohibition against imprisoning people who were unable to pay their debts. In the modern Texas Constitution, that concept is enshrined in the state’s Bill of Rights: “No person shall ever be imprisoned for debt.” Yet despite ...

 

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