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> is it splitting hairs though? they're going to prison for refusing to engage with the justice system, which is a very normal thing to go to prison for the wor
by JadeNB 1y ago
> is it splitting hairs though? they're going to prison for refusing to engage with the justice system, which is a very normal thing to go to prison for the world over. what the original offence was isn't really relevant
It is relevant, though. If someone who wouldn't otherwise have been dragged into the receiving end of the justice system gets dragged into it, and then has to comply with all its bureaucracy, it matters whether or not that person should have been dragged into it. ("Should" in both a legal sense and a sense of morality or equity.)
- permo-w 1y agomy perspective is that we shouldn't be shaping our laws based on whether the least competent 0.001% of society can deal with the administrative implications. if you're so incompetent that you can't handle any of the many many stages between paying your license fee and going to prison, then you've got bigger issues and perhaps you should be in care or still in school on the other hand if they're deliberately not engaging with those stages, then it's hard to really feel much sympathy
- harvey9 1y agoFor the most part it's just because they're poor and can't budget either a one off or monthly payment for the fee.
- permo-w 1y agoif it goes all the way to going the stage of going to prison, then there are clearly bigger issues than this
- Mindwipe 1y agoThey don't need to - the court will take it out of their wages or be edits before they receive them. You have to actively try to defraud the court by lying about your earnings to face prison.