Philly courts pursue old debt, might jail debtors

An estimated 400,000 people could soon be targeted by an aggressive campaign to collect decades-old criminal debt, an estimated $1.5 billion in forfeited bail, fees, fines and restitution dating back to 1971.

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Posted: Thu, Oct. 4, 2012, 12:00 AM

Philly courts pursue old debt, might jail debtors

Daniel Denvir

City Paper

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