Jeff Sessions encourages courts to continue practice of fining poor people for being too poor to pay their fines
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3BJKF)
In 2016, the Obama DoJ issued guidance to US courts telling them to cease the practice of levying fines on poor people that exceeded their means to pay, especially fines for failure to pay earlier fines. This week, Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed that order. (more")