Court fines
Sir, —We were informed today (January 29) that fines imposed in our District Courts last year exceeded $3 million for the first time. How much of this “record” sum will remain unpaid this time next year? Quite a substantial amount, I imagine, because our District Court judges continue to fine unemployed and other beneficiaries for their misdeeds. Unless there is an unofficial competition between the judges to see who can clock up the highest total, it seems rather pointless to continue fining beneficiaries. How do the judges expect these financially disadvantaged wrongdoers to exist, and pay these fines, presumably by instalments? Obviously, these wrongdoers must receive some form of disciplinary punishment. The logical penalty for these people would be so many hours of community service. Such service, provided it was worth while, could even give a sense of purpose and direction to what, in so many cases, are aimless existences.—Yours, etc., LESLIE BOGREN. January 29, 1986.
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