Friday, February 4, 2011

Critics: Some justice courts just interested in collecting fines

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=14248165

Something just like this started the rioting in Tunisia.
Being denied the rights to support your family.
This woman was actually jailed for it


It was a shocking experience for Dena Long-Christensen, sitting in a cell in the Salt Lake County Jail for nearly two weeks among people charged with serious crimes.

Her cellmate, for example, was spending time on charges of aggravated assault. Long-Christensen's crime? Selling flower baskets from her home.