
Man Jailed for Not Immediately Paying Ticket Deserves Justice
October 27, 2016Burlington court’s actions amounted to modern-day debtors’ prison Burlington Township Municipal Court acted akin to a modern-day debtors’ prison when it ordered a man to serve jail time because he could not immediately pay court costs, said a federal lawsuit (PDF) the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey joined yesterday. The lawsuit, initially filed in…