Ohio’s Chief Justice Stands Up to Jeff Sessions in Support of Low-Income People. I did not read Sessions' conduct as supporting debtor's prisons, this issue has been a pet issue for me: unreasonable fines that effectively (or literally) imprison people who cannot pay same. Chief Justice O'Connor (who I had the pleasure of deposing when my client struck her vehicle from behind) reminded judges of their obligation to serve the public and promote fairness and equal treatment of rich and poor:
“We have a special responsibility to act in a manner that bolsters public trust and confidence in the fair administration of justice for everyone. Practices that penalize the poor simply because of their economic state; that impose unreasonable fines, fees, or bail … upon on our citizens to raise money or cave to local funding pressure; or that create barriers to access to justice are simply wrong. No rescission of guidance by the [DOJ] changes that.”
I was raised poor and my disabled mother used to tell us that there was no crime in being poor.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-l...-income-people