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Originally Posted by Excaliber

Pay up and move on, OK, but lets establish a FAIR amount that is reasonable punishment for the crime commited. As I see it, this new 'tax' on speeders is NOT fair because the Judge cannot adjust the amount by taking into consideration extenuating circumstances. In the above case (pregnant lady) perhaps the mitigating circumstances were insufficient, but I'm sure there are a lot of cases where they would be.

Crime must equal appropriate sentence guidelines, don't tie the courts hands in making that determination. Which, by the way, is what happens to often on the Federal level, the Judge has little or no say even when mitigating circumstances are substantial.

Too many judges don't use discretion when it’s available to them in a prudent manner – just look at child molestation cases all over the country. She was speeding, she pays as everyone will pay that speeds, period. There really is no excuse for speeding.