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Do you mean the if the person is physically unable to pay the fine they would keep said person imprisoned? This is effin' crime on it's own.

I wish some country like Iceland would just offer her a refugee status (assuming she would want it).

This whole thing is really depressing.



I wouldn't think the length of imprisonment would be longer than it would take to see a judge in most cases.

The cycle I'm referencing is usually fail to pay your fines, at some point dependent upon jurisdiction and familiarity to the court, arrest warrant is issued, if caught you are arrested and taken to jail to be held until you see a judge, accrue more fines, possibly repeat.

I'm not making statements that this will happen, only that it absolutely can and does happen to people.




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