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I will expand upon your point. Debt in this case is a civil matter between two private individuals. The State has an interest only, if that, in enforcing court
by wavefunction 7y ago
I will expand upon your point.
Debt in this case is a civil matter between two private individuals. The State has an interest only, if that, in enforcing court decisions such as garnishment of wages or liens.
To sentence someone to jail or prison for the crime of a civil disagreement is sick and wrong and I invite you (abstract yous) to prove me wrong via rhetoric.
- underdown 7y ago"People sent to the centers had been sentenced for felonies but didn’t commit violent crimes, according to the program rules. "
- toasterlovin 7y agoAccording to the information in this thread, the amount owed was for a criminal conviction for embezzlement. This is not about a contract between private parties.
- TomMckenny 7y agoThese people had no wage garnishment, instead they were sentenced to forced labor. Why the difference? Because they are poor. And the line between civil and criminal is often drawn in a peculiar way: Repeat copyright violation enough and somehow it's criminal not civil, but systematically fail to pay artists their royalties it remains civil forever. Embezzling $1000 is criminal, keeping $1000 out of an employee paycheck is a civil.