OpinionFebruary 4, 1998
LETTERS: JAIL, FINE AND $15 A DAY FOR COSTS
To the editor: I don't feel that is it right how the city judge is treating defendants. The reason I say this is because I went to court, and the judge sentenced me to 30 days in the city jail and gave me a $500 fine. I figured that was justice. But after I got incarcerated, I got my paperwork that says I am sentenced to 30 days in jail and I owe $971. So I'm wondering how my fine jumped from $500 to $971...
David C. Johnson
To the editor:
I don't feel that is it right how the city judge is treating defendants. The reason I say this is because I went to court, and the judge sentenced me to 30 days in the city jail and gave me a $500 fine. I figured that was justice.
But after I got incarcerated, I got my paperwork that says I am sentenced to 30 days in jail and I owe $971. So I'm wondering how my fine jumped from $500 to $971.
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Get this: They tell me that I was sentenced to 30 days in the city jail, and for everyday that I was sentenced, I have to pay $15. Now I feel that that's double jeopardy.
DAVID C. JOHNSON
Cape Girardeau
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