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"A woman held in jail for seven months longer than her original sentence because she was too poor to pay a $705 fine was freed Wednesday, her attorney said."
"Hundreds of people in Georgia alone may have suffered extended periods of incarceration due to the failure to pay fines, Geraghty said." 09-06
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