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If Bitcoin goes down 10x while he's in jail, he's unable to pay and back in jail again.
by Hydraulix989 5y ago
If Bitcoin goes down 10x while he's in jail, he's unable to pay and back in jail again.
- chrisco255 5y agoHaha, thankfully debtor prison ended many moons ago and double jeopardy is protected against. There are limits to collection of such penalties.
- Hydraulix989 5y ago> debtor prison ended many moons ago Right, this would look more like "unwilling to pay" than "unable to pay" -- the former is not considered "debt". There's quite a bit of leeway here, and generally court-ordered fines that can't be paid because "suddenly the money is gone" err towards the former instead of the latter, especially payment was intentionally delayed as OP described. > double jeopardy is protected against That would be a probation violation (which typical entails additional jail time, which would be already baked into the same initial "sentence"), not a re-trial.