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I wrongly assumed this was common practice, but it seems that it really is mostly in Scandinavian countries that criminal fines in general are issued in units,
by 3np 6y ago
I wrongly assumed this was common practice, but it seems that it really is mostly in Scandinavian countries that criminal fines in general are issued in units, with each unit amount is based on the receivers income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine
- Semaphor 6y agoFrance, Germany, Romania, Switzerland and Macao are all not Scandinavian. The German Wikipedia is missing most from this list but also includes Austria and Liechtenstein. But I thought it was more common as well, as it seems pretty fair.