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Alexes Harris

is the Presidential Term Professor and professor of Sociology at the University of Washington. She is the author of "A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as a Punishment for the Poor."

Steven Long and his attorney Ali Bilow after a State Court of Appeals hearing in Seattle on Thursday November 7, 2019.
Long, took the city to court when the truck he was living in was impounded. A county judge ruled in his favor based on the Homestead Act, but the city has taken the case to the State Court of Appeals.

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February 25, 2021 at 2:21 pm

Fines and fees are a pound of flesh for poor people | Op-Ed

The criminal legal system of monetary sanctions is a permanent punishment for poor people and disproportionately affects Black Americans, Latino/a and Native American people.

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