Poverty Penalties and Poverty Traps

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 Missouri Mo. Ann. Stat. § 600.090(2) Determination of ability to pay all or part of representation costs--lien for reasonable value of services, procedure--deposit of funds collected

If at any time, either during or after the disposition of his case, such defendant becomes financially able to meet all or some part of the cost of services rendered

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to him, he shall be required to reimburse the commission in such amounts as he can reasonably pay, either by a single payment or by installments of reasonable amounts, in accordance with a schedule of charges for public defender services prepared by the commission.

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 Missouri Mo. Ann. Stat. § 558.004(4) Imposition of fines

When an offender is sentenced to pay a fine, the court may provide for the payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If

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no such provision is made a part of the sentence, the fine shall be payable forthwith.

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