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Law Practice

Oct. 4, 2016

Judges shouldn't also have to serve as revenue collectors

The Daily Journal article Sept. 14 titled "Fewer traffic tickets has led to courthouse construction crisis" failed to address the real crisis facing California's courts. By Brandon Greene, Stephen Bingham and Rebekah Evenson

The Daily Journal article Sept. 14 titled "Fewer traffic tickets has led to courthouse construction crisis" failed to address the real crisis facing California's courts: a revenue system reliant on taking money from the poorest people in our state in order to fund court operations and court construction. Every day in California, thousands of people are issued traffic tickets with fines that are too expensive or placed on payment plans they cannot affor...

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