• azimir@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    One issue is that NY law only allows the judge two options: max $1000 or up to 30 days in jail.

    This means the judge can’t crank the financial option and jail is still viewed as the nuclear option with high stakes, mostly about the appeals process that could stall the case, just like the DC case.

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      6 months ago

      And that’s why we need fines proportional to an individual’s actual net worth.

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      6 months ago

      I hope he’s building a paper trail to make it absolutely bulletproof when he puts trump in jail and points to numerous fines and warnings that did nothing at all to deter him. An appeal should conclude that if anything, this judge gave trump too many chances before finally jailing him.

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      Should have day fines in use to not have such a silly maximum that just makes offenses so easy for the wealthy who can toss thousands around.

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      6 months ago

      The $1,000 per infraction cap is good for the lulz. Trump can easily get 10+ violations. Can he do 100+? I think he can!