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SystemShock
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You are going to hell for making me laugh.Well, at least being Super Bowl champions will soften the blow.
I'll add it to the list.You are going to hell for making me laugh.
Am I missing something? It says they go to jail for missing two court hearings on the collection. That's not the same as going to jail for unpaid bills.The OP video did not work for me. Here is an article about it, and it is God-awful
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"You wouldn't think you'd go to jail over medical bills": County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt
If two court hearings are missed on unpaid medical debt, the judge issues an arrest warrant for contempt of court.www.cbsnews.com
Also: https://features.propublica.org/med...-decide-who-gets-arrested-coffeyville-kansas/
Yeah, but they have to show up in court every 3 months to proclaim they're too poor to pay. It was a scheme set up by the attorney Michael Hassenplug , to apply pressure and basically have the city work as bill collectors for the various clients of his. Thereby forcing jail time if, they miss court because they can't show up every 3 months or get tired of having to go to court every 3 months and ignore it. It's just shady as hell.Am I missing something? It says they go to jail for missing two court hearings on the collection. That's not the same as going to jail for unpaid bills.
And you can go to jail (contempt) for ignoring subpoenas in all sorts of contexts.
Right. But at least two problems, imoAm I missing something? It says they go to jail for missing two court hearings on the collection. That's not the same as going to jail for unpaid bills.
And you can go to jail (contempt) for ignoring subpoenas in all sorts of contexts.
and 3- the attorney makes a cut of the bail if its applied to the debt.Right. But at least two problems, imo
1 - it is clearly a scheme to make debt a criminal offense: they get around the civil contempt rule of jail time being allowed only when the person threatened with jail has the ability to cure by setting up these quarterly "Debtor exams"
2 - the debtors are unrepresented.
Probably more