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> Just seems invasive to me for a court to demand your personal monetary situation when determining how much to punish you.

What if the default punishment was instead a nice, equitable 21 days in jail for rich and poor alike, with the option to instead pay a fine of 21 days income, if you were willing to disclose your income?




would still be worse for the poor. 21 days without being able to work is life-crashing when you are living paycheck to paycheck.




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