A Fine Is A Price
This article discusses the findings of a study which investigated the effect of imposing and eliminating fines on parents who were late picking up their children from daycare.
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Moody v. State of Mississippi
An indigent's equal protection rights are violated when defendants can avoid prosecution by paying a fine, without determining an individual’s ability to pay the fine.
The Staten Island Day-Fine Project
This publication describes the implementation and effects of the means-adjusted fines pilot program conducted by the Criminal Court of Staten Island, New York.
Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure: Rule 26.11: Fines and restitution.
This rule guides Alabama courts' decision-making processes for ordering restitution and fines, including for failure to pay.
Bearden v. Georgia
In Bearden v. Georgia, the Supreme Court held that courts may only revoke probation and/or sentence the defendant to imprisonment if the defendant willfully refused to pay.
Ward v. Village of Monroeville
Petitioner’s due process rights were violated because he is entitled to a hearing before a disinterested and impartial judge in the first instance. The mayor was neither.