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Originally posted by User Name
This is absolutely unfair. If people commit the same crime they should get the same punishment. This is like saying if someone who makes $20,000 a year is convicted of a crime, drug possesion for instance, they should get half the jailtime of a person who makes $40,000 a year and is convicted of the same crime.
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Well, as you've said yourself, they should get the same punishment. Jailtime is jailtime, I don't care how large your checkbook is. But a fixed fine, on the other hand, is certainly not the same for someone making $20,000 a year versus someone making $40,000 a year. Prorating the fines simply levels the playing field.