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[-] TakiMinase@slrpnk.net 71 points 7 months ago

That's why a percentage of income should be the fine. Like the porsche man who got a $400000 fine. Rich prick wasn't laughing all of a sudden.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 24 points 7 months ago

Several countries use a dayfine system, we in Sweden have used dayfines since 1931, Finland since 1921, Germany since 1969, There are a few more countries using the system, but I could not quickly find any historical data about them.

Dayfines are great and should be used globaly.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago

A day-fine, day fine, unit fine or structured fine is a unit of payment for a legal fine which is based on the offender's daily personal income. It is intended as a punishment financially equivalent to incarceration for one day without salary, scaled to equal impacts on both high- and low-income offenders. An analogy may be drawn with income tax, which is also proportional to income, or even levied at higher rates for higher incomes.

Jurisdictions employing the day-fine include Denmark (Danish: dagbøde), Estonia (Estonian: päevamäär), Finland (Finnish: päiväsakko), France (French: Jour-amende), Germany (German: Tagessatz), Sweden (Swedish: dagsbot), Switzerland, and Macao.

Neat!