Criminalizing civil collections — an update
As I wrote in September, I have been concerned about how the Virginia General Assembly has been changing the laws to allow criminal prosecutions over matters that are really just civil debt collections. The particular problem that I wrote about was a statute in Virginia — Va. Code §18.2-118 — that is being used by […]...
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Criminalizing civil collections in Virginia
When should civil creditors be able to threaten to convict someone of a crime over what amounts to a consumer dispute? In Virginia, the General Assembly is giving squirrel-y businesses the right to charge poor people with serious crimes in an effort to get their money. Here are a few thoughts on arguments that lawyers can use to defend against those charges....
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