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Debts put some Marylanders in jail

By Capital News Service | May 17, 2019 | General Assembly, News, Uncategorized | 0 |

Debts put some Marylanders in jail

by Capital News Service | May 17, 2019 | General Assembly, News, Uncategorized | 0 |

Jailing a person for an unpaid debt has been illegal for almost two centuries in the United States.But in Maryland, through a roundabout court procedure, hundreds of people every year are jailed for essentially just that: Owing money.

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