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Certain states, including Arizona, have begun scrapping court costs and fees for people unable to pay – two experts on legal punishments explain why

  • Written by Alexes Harris, Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Certain states, including Arizona, have begun scrapping court costs and fees for people unable to pay – two experts on legal punishments explain whySeveral U.S. states are eliminating criminal fines and fees for people who can't afford them. Getty Images

In today’s American criminal legal system, courts impose fines and fees as a means to punish people and hold them accountable for legal violations.

At times, people are sentenced to pay without incarceration, but frequently people across...

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