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Whether the fees are a term of their sentence seems to be the most pertinent point.
by AmericanChopper 7y ago
Whether the fees are a term of their sentence seems to be the most pertinent point.
- jcranmer 7y agoThe fact that Florida seems to be having so much trouble figuring out how many fees are still unpaid suggests that they should not be considered a part of the sentence.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoI’m not sure how you made that jump. It’s surely a problem, but anything a person is sentenced to is part of their sentence. The law doesn’t seem particularly ambiguous here.
- macintux 7y agoThese fees aren’t a direct part of sentencing, I don’t believe, but a side effect.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoIf you’re sentenced to pay a fine, then you’re sentenced to pay a fine. There’s really nothing to debate about that, and I haven’t seen any specifics mentioned in this thread or elsewhere that would suggest anything else is going on, only a lot of outraged speculation.
- s1artibartfast 7y agoThat does seem to be the most defensible argument.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoIt really just seems to be a clearly stated requirement of the law.
- s1artibartfast 7y agoSo I found the law and you are correct that it is clear what fees are in and out of scope, despite the several articles i read to the contrary. The relevant portion starts at line 1345: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/er/HTML https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/BillText/er/...