These 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 cr

These 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.