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The dollars and sense of pegging fines to an offender's income
Admin challenges aside, experts cite issues like sentencing aims and impact, bias
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Cara Wong
Should the high-salaried pay higher fines than low-income earners?
That is the debate that has resurfaced this month following a district court's decision to fine Devandran Karunakaran, a managing partner of a law firm, $15,000 for molesting three women here.
