15 years to life in prison or a payment of 15k dollars?? How is the fine this absurdly low?
I really hope that was a typo and they meant AND a payment of $15k because someone who posted $200k bail shouldn't have a problem finding $15k to get out of a murder charge.
So yes a typo. The typo they are referring to isn't the amount. It's the fact that the article says the fine can stand in place of the prison sentence. Your link specifies the fine is "In addition" which means they get jail AND a fine.
How is the fine this absurdly low?
Because it was set many decades ago and never adjusted for inflation.
(I haven't bothered to check if that's true for this specific case, but it's a pervasive problem throughout the US legal code so I'm hazarding a guess.)
15 years to life in prison or a payment of 15k dollars?? How is the fine this absurdly low?
I really hope that was a typo and they meant AND a payment of $15k because someone who posted $200k bail shouldn't have a problem finding $15k to get out of a murder charge.
Not a typo.
the offender may be fined an amount fixed by the court, but not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
So yes a typo. The typo they are referring to isn't the amount. It's the fact that the article says the fine can stand in place of the prison sentence. Your link specifies the fine is "In addition" which means they get jail AND a fine.
Because it was set many decades ago and never adjusted for inflation.
(I haven't bothered to check if that's true for this specific case, but it's a pervasive problem throughout the US legal code so I'm hazarding a guess.)