Arkansas town reaches settlement in 'debtors' prison' lawsuit

by reuter.com
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(Reuters) - An Arkansas town has agreed not to jail defendants who cannot afford to pay court fees after it was sued by civil rights groups who charged it ran what amounted to a modern-day debtors' prison.

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