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| Jail booking fee struck down |
| By Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Published: 09/01/2006 |
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SPOKANE, WA - A state law that allowed counties to collect as much as $100 in booking fees from jail inmates was struck down by a federal judge this week because it violated constitutional protections for due process. U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle on Tuesday struck down Spokane County's $89.12 booking fee and the state statute that authorized the fee. Several other counties that collect similar fees were closely watching the outcome of this case, including Pierce, Franklin, Snohomish, Thurston and Whatcom. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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