Though don't punishment fines work to counter that? With them being set in multiples of your average daily/yearly income so people are punished in relation to their means?
As I understand it with fines the monetary punishment is set in units equal to the income you would have lost locked up had you gotten jail time (with no income) instead. Or do fines work differently in the US? (I'm in Germany.)
I mean, beyond a certain point of wealth loosing a period of income is less painful than with less wealth, even if the total is higher, so there is no full equalizing, but still.
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As I understand it with fines the monetary punishment is set in units equal to the income you would have lost locked up had you gotten jail time (with no income) instead. Or do fines work differently in the US? (I'm in Germany.)
I mean, beyond a certain point of wealth loosing a period of income is less painful than with less wealth, even if the total is higher, so there is no full equalizing, but still.
(BTW, just wandering in through my network...)