The Criminalizing of American business is a gigantic
extrapolation of what local government has been doing with parking and traffic
fines for decades. The accused, who may be innocent, sees defending himself as
to troublesome or expensive and just pays the fine. Later he learns of hidden
cost, such as insurance surcharges, or being label as an habitual offender.
To make the prosecution easier States now call these civil
penalties rather than fines, although it is difficult to see how someone
violating a stop sign has cost the state anything.
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