> 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 q

> 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.