The American Civil Liberties of Kansas has filed a lawsuit on behalf of four people against multiple officials, including judges in Johnson County District Court, for determining their probation based on whether they can pay restitution.
On Thursday, the ACLU of Kansas filed the lawsuit in federal district court in Kansas City, Kansas, over what it considers “unlimited, harsher punishment of poor defendants who cannot pay their restitution,” while favoring those who are able to pay it…