We very much DO have debtor prisons. They're just through a judge who signs off.
We also very much DO have slavery. They too are through a judge or jury signing off.
We also very much DO have slavery. They too are through a judge or jury signing off.
Yup.
I'm always reminded of the gentleman (Joseph Prudente of Florida) who was put in jail without bail for failing to upkeep their lawn to their HOA's standards. The legal reason was contempt of court for not following the judge's order to upkeep their lawn.
As an aside, contempt of court doesn't have a sentence length, nor does it require you to be found guilty of any crime.
Egregious enough. Then the real details hit, and made a bad thing worse:
- A member of the HOA Board had moved to foreclose on this home despite the small arrears (even relative to other members of the community)
- Someone made a very short offer on the house (IIRC, in the order of $125K for a $4-500K home)
- HOA Board voted to accept the short sale offer
(You might have seen this coming) Spoiler alert: The HOA board member who lead the vote to foreclose, the person who made the short offer, and the board member who voted to accept that offer? All the same person, who had a healthy little business as a landlord.