Michigan Supreme Court to review law forcing convicts to pay bills - ABC 12 News
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - The Michigan Supreme Court will review a law that allows communities to collect millions of dollars from poor criminal defendants.
The court says it will hear arguments in a case from Alpena County, where Travis Johnson was ordered to pay $1,200 for a pair of convictions.
The question is whether it’s constitutional to ask poor criminals to pay local courts, especially when a judge knows a conviction would bring in cash.
State law allows judges to order convicts pay a portion of a court’s operating costs, including salaries, the cost to keep the lights on, and for floors to be waxed in courthouses throughout the state.
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