A plan to do community service. Every week he releases dechts not danger to society and simply cant pay the fines. It is completely illegal. You cannot be put in jail due to your economic status or economic inability to pay a fine. The Justice Department agrees. It sent this letter to every court in the country, discouraging the practice by calling it unlawful. A Brennan Center study found 15 states have user fees which are explicitly intended to raise revenue. How much money are some of these states making from these fees . The state of texas makes a billion dollars a year. Billion a year . In state fees. You have. He says by releasing defendants who do not have the money, he is simply following Supreme Court directives. Arent you advocating a slap on the wrist . Thats it . Absolutely not. You are crying again. This woman got a break. Yes, sir. You know i just need to get back on my feet. But across the country, others like her are still locked up. Jeff pegues, cbs news, college stati
Captioning funded by cbs good good morning, from the cbs 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. This morning, theres a new bone of contention between president obama and president elect donald trump. Mr. Obama said had he run again against mr. Trump, he would have won. Not so, says the president elect suggesting mr. Obamas record would have prevented him from winning. Roxana saberi is here. In new york with more. Roxana, good morning. Good morning, meg. President elect trump said he could have won again. Mr. Trump took to twitter to disagree. This follows a series of rare public confrontations between the outgoing and incoming administrations. Reporter in a hypothetical president ial race, president elect donald trump says theres no way he would lose to president obama, citing jobs, isis and obamacare as the reasons on twitter. The comment came in response to a podcast interview the president gave to a former Senior Advis
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