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TN Law and Governmental Statistics-Research-Data-
While exploring the depths of how our government is set up. I have come across many articles with in-depth research performed by other advocates and interested parties. This page is to bring awareness to those interested without having to do hours of searching. It is also my intention to bring awareness to those of us who may not even know what it is they should be looking for or how it could affect them or their loved ones.
While this data is all relevant and needs to be accessible, I am still focused solely on reforming one area involving police and citizens to create a ripple effect of beneficial change throughout the community. After that, I will advocate, reassess, and work to reform the next most urgent areas.
The range of unjust regulations is a many. I hope you enjoy the statistics I have found so far, and get in touch with me for a more detailed explanation on any of the topics I have provided in the links.
Revocation of a driver’s license for court debt that is overdue.
THINKTENNESSEE is a website dedicated to analyzing data that informs citizens of various topics. This research entails just one of the many laws that leave citizens of TN in a never-ending cycle of fines and punishment due to irrational laws that do not have the people in mind. The financial ability of the people. It does not give grace or autonomy to every individual, instead treating us each as a number on a citation and a date on a calendar.
According to Think Tennessee the executive summary reads….
Executive Summary
The criminal justice system in Tennessee is funded in part through the collection of court-imposed fines and fees. Tennessee law currently allows for the revocation of a driver’s license for court debt that is overdue.
However, this policy fails to consider that people with overdue court debt may simply lack the financial
resources needed to pay these debts, and thus are an ineffective revenue source.
Typical defendants with court debt
have incomes between 39% and 69%
of the federal poverty level
(an income
between $5,300 and $9,377 annually).
(i) By making it harder to get to work
and earn an income, driver’s license
revocations are counterproductive,
trapping Tennesseans in a cycle of
court debt and poverty.
Using never-before-analyzed,
Tennessee-specific data, ThinkTN
found that driver’s license revocations
are ineffective for increasing court
collections
Click the Link Below for full article
https://www.thinktennessee.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/drivers-license-revocation-report.pdf
