Comment on How do poor people in the states give birth without money?
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 8 months agoI know you’re joking, but Im pretty sure that there was a supreme court case that made debtors prison a thing of the past.
Comment on How do poor people in the states give birth without money?
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 8 months agoI know you’re joking, but Im pretty sure that there was a supreme court case that made debtors prison a thing of the past.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Might want to take a look at this then.
And this.
And this too.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Found it, it was 1983, much more recent than I remembered. www.justice.gov/usao-sdal/page/file/…/download
The feds themselves call it a civil rights violation, they have a good chance at a lawsuit. IMO, the judges who sign the arrest warrants need to be debarred or taken out of office or whatever happens to judges.