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To: UCANSEE2

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
I’m not a lawyer, but I think it could be argued it’s excessive, in that the kid could never pay it off. Seems a tad unusual.


7 posted on 05/21/2018 7:08:26 PM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood..."Lord help me)
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To: D_Idaho
It wouldn't be considered a fine if it is restitution, right?

Put the kid on a payment plan and then negotiate a settlement ten years from now.

10 posted on 05/21/2018 7:24:57 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: D_Idaho

Also a 14th Amendment issue re: involuntary servitude.

I’m for hanging him by the short hairs—but not for a lifetime of wage slavery.


24 posted on 05/21/2018 8:38:54 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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