tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post3675856517636399424..comments2024-02-26T01:23:43.923-06:00Comments on Loretta Nall: Mentally Ill Man Beaten to Death at Prichard JailLoretta Nallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10598106614871958352noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-3135195513685871432010-07-06T03:46:36.762-05:002010-07-06T03:46:36.762-05:00I don't got want the county is doing but I thi...I don't got want the county is doing but I think the city of Jasper is convicting folks for contempt of court I'll look into this and see if freak sr. and freak jr. are going through the trouble of having a trial or hearing before conviction or if they are doing like the county like the county is doing and just adding on thanks for letting me venttrizzybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-64199422734594462262010-07-05T01:46:20.503-05:002010-07-05T01:46:20.503-05:00you must have told some one my plans......the othe...you must have told some one my plans......the other day a friends nephew got a letter from the county clerks office saying his case is being referred to the D.A.'s for non-payment of fines and a 30% fee was added........ and another friend has a friend who was arrest and given 5 days in Jasper City jail for failure to appear after not showing up to pay a fine .............,some one did something and now i gotz ta change my argumentation even though I ain't even gotz my argument entered into public record, yet.trizzybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-18080678461241558982010-06-24T23:09:39.190-05:002010-06-24T23:09:39.190-05:00section 20section 20trizzybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-29518066070302665672010-06-24T23:04:38.591-05:002010-06-24T23:04:38.591-05:00i'm going to argue that section 15-18-62 is un...i'm going to argue that section 15-18-62 is unconstitutional under the part of the alabama constitution that says ....., no person shall be imprisoned for debt....... if that part hasn't been amendedtrizzybobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-38982165450269897012008-09-15T13:07:00.000-05:002008-09-15T13:07:00.000-05:00DIsregard the last postDIsregard the last postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-90802405072928587142008-09-15T13:06:00.000-05:002008-09-15T13:06:00.000-05:00"From 2-1-08 post defendants for Inability to Pay ..."From 2-1-08 post <BR/><BR/>defendants for Inability to Pay Fines <BR/>Gee, that is mighty white of them ain't it? About time too.<BR/><BR/><BR/>City settles federal lawsuit; judge must weigh ability to pay<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Monday, February 25, 2008<BR/>VAL WALTON<BR/>News staff writer<BR/><BR/>The City of Birmingham has agreed to no longer automatically jail defendants who are unable to pay fines and costs for misdemeanor crimes.<BR/><BR/>In settling a 2006 federal lawsuit, city officials acknowledged that there were certain procedures judges in the Birmingham Municipal Court system did not follow when dealing with indigent defendants.<BR/><BR/>"We admitted there were certain things the judges were doing that they shouldn't be doing," said Lawrence Cooper, city attorney. "We agreed to follow the rules." <BR/><BR/>The suit, filed in Birmingham's federal court, accused the city of operating a dual system of justice that punished those who cannot pay fines more severely than those who can. The suit also claimed the city converted days in jail for fines and costs that resulted in a sentence that exceeded the maximum allowed by law.<BR/><BR/>Under the settlement, before fines, costs or restitution are converted to days in jail at the proper rate of $25 per day, the judge must determine a defendant's ability to pay. In the past, the city's automatic conversion of fines and costs to days in jail was at a rate of $15 per day.<BR/><BR/>Stephen Wallace, a Birmingham lawyer who sued the city on behalf of four indigent men, said Birmingham's sentences for indigent people who couldn't pay were illegal and unconstitutional. The suit said the Constitution prohibits automatic imprisonment for failing to pay a debt<BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-51702776496629469132008-09-10T08:14:00.000-05:002008-09-10T08:14:00.000-05:00anon...I hadn't heard who the attorney for the McD...anon...I hadn't heard who the attorney for the McDevitt family was. If you do have that information I'd really like to have it so that I can pass along the Bill Dawson case info to them.Loretta Nallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598106614871958352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16801508.post-48065643181030320702008-09-10T08:05:00.000-05:002008-09-10T08:05:00.000-05:00I thought STeven Wallace wa steh attorney on that ...I thought STeven Wallace wa steh attorney on that case. I have the name around here somewhere and will try to post itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com