Call for an End to Unfair Fines and Fees

Send a Message on Fines and Fees

Under current Minnesota law, courts do not consider a person's ability to pay before assigning fines and fees for mistakes like minor traffic infractions. Most people make these mistakes at one time or another, but for people without much money, the consequences of a mistake can be crushing.

When you're unable to pay a ticket, fines and fees start to add up. If people aren't able to pay their fines quickly, they can lose their driver's licenses — which can lead to job loss, and even jail time.

These are consequences that wealthier people, who can more easily pay fines and fees, don't have to experience.

We have a chance to reform our system of fines and fees and end a two-tiered system of law that punishes poor people more severely. Contact the Public Safety/Judiciary omnibus conference committee and demand that they reform fines and fees:.

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Dear members of the Public Safety/Judiciary omnibus conference committee,

I am writing to ask that you support fines and fees reform.

Under current Minnesota law, courts do not consider a person's ability to pay before assigning fines and fees for mistakes like minor traffic infractions. This creates a situation where Minnesotans experience different consequences for similar mistakes, and we need to make it right.

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We have a chance to reform our system of fines and fees and end a two-tiered system of law that punishes poor people more severely.

I ask that you support fines and fees reform as a critical step towards this goal.

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Call for an End to Unfair Fines and Fees

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