Messenger: Lawsuit renews Missouri court battle over $3 charge to fund sheriffs' pensions Aug 29, 2017 Aug 29, 2017 0 A Google snapshot of various Missouri sheriff's badges. Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch It started as a speeding ticket.kAm~? |2J ad[ y6CCJ z6==6C H2D AF==65 @G6C :? z2?D2D r:EJ 7@C 5C:G:?8 E@@ 72DE]k^AmkAm%96 df\J62C\@=5 7C@> x?56A6?56?46[ |@][ A2:5 9:D 7:?6]k^AmkAmx?4=F565 :? 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Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author email Follow Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Messenger: Who pays restitution when courts take illegal fees from defendants? Two Missouri cases will decide. When a city or county charges an illegal court fee, should defendants get their money back? Messenger: Ruling against $3 surcharge sends message to Missouri Legislature on court costs 51ºÚÁÏ County judge fought money-raising scheme for sheriffs for years. A Toll on Justice: a Post-Dispatch special report A five-part series examines how all three branches of Missouri government helped prop up the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund by charging a court fee… Messenger: ‘Nefarious’ initiative could enshrine backdoor tax in Missouri Constitution Legislature put proposal on ballot to overturn unanimous Missouri Supreme Court decision against $3 sheriffs’ fee. Messenger: Missouri sheriffs are on the wrong side of law-and-order with Amendment 6 Rural Missouri sheriffs are trying to grab money from people in court systems, most of them from 51ºÚÁÏ and Kansas City.
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Messenger: Who pays restitution when courts take illegal fees from defendants? Two Missouri cases will decide. When a city or county charges an illegal court fee, should defendants get their money back?
Messenger: Ruling against $3 surcharge sends message to Missouri Legislature on court costs 51ºÚÁÏ County judge fought money-raising scheme for sheriffs for years.Â
A Toll on Justice: a Post-Dispatch special report A five-part series examines how all three branches of Missouri government helped prop up the Sheriffs' Retirement Fund by charging a court fee…
Messenger: ‘Nefarious’ initiative could enshrine backdoor tax in Missouri Constitution Legislature put proposal on ballot to overturn unanimous Missouri Supreme Court decision against $3 sheriffs’ fee.Â
Messenger: Missouri sheriffs are on the wrong side of law-and-order with Amendment 6 Rural Missouri sheriffs are trying to grab money from people in court systems, most of them from 51ºÚÁÏ and Kansas City.
