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    Angry Arrest Warrant for Fines in Illinois After Discharge

    My question involves an arrest warrant from the State of: Illinois

    I was convicted and did my prison time. I got out in April 2006 interstate parole to California. Did all my time on parole no early discharge. I am maxxed out on my prison time and parole time and have letter of discharge given in 2009. I was told a warrant originated in July 2007 but just finding out about it here in 2010 over a year later. I called and asked what did I need to do they said appear before sentencing judge, hire an attorney, or write a letter. Can they extradite me from California for unpaid fines after I have discharged or how can I resolve this.... would appreciate where I could read how the law works in regards to fines in Illinois. Seems like double jeopardy if I've done my time and parole and now because I can't pay fines to be possibly arrested again.

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    Default Re: Arrest Warrant for Fines in Illinois After Discharge

    It sounds like a bench warrant, perhaps a contempt citation; it's difficult to imagine their even trying to extradite you if there's no new criminal charge involved. It's technically possible to extradite somebody who is deemed to have "fled justice".

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    Default Re: Arrest Warrant for Fines in Illinois After Discharge

    If you have maxed out your sentence, there is nothing they can do to you.

    You can NOT be incarcerated for fines. Yes, they can issue a bench warrant but it is only good within the state and can only force you to appear. You can NOT be incarcerated over unpaid fines.

    If you had restitution due, they would usually extend probation, but extending parole past the MR date is simply not possible.

    I have never ever heard of anyone being extradited for a bench warrant over fines of any type from another state. Fines typically are a civil matter and no state can legally extradite over a civil matter.

    Reminds me of a story. A friend had too low of a score in the federal system (when they still did parole back in the day) to get parole so he did MR but did the last three months in a halfway house. His release date came and he decided to leave. Screw the halfway house and their processing out bs. The Marshall Service told me he would be arrested if he didn't return to the halfway house to be processed out. However, they could never really explain how they could arrest anyone who was past the MR date. They certainly couldn't take away good time at that point. The easiest thing was for him to return to the halfway house so they could do their paperwork, but we limited them to one hour so they couldn't play games. Nobody ever did explain how anyone past an MR date could be arrested for not being officially processed out.

    Related to your situation, how can anyone past an MR date be arrested for anything that the system couldn't manage to do before that date?

    Hey, Mr. Knowitall, you have an idea here that would legally make sense?

    One final thing, which I have always found interesting and funny. The transfer to the halfway house consisted of taking him to the Greyhound station and buying him a bus ticket. Yes, the feds would do that for illegals doing time for drug smuggling, prison transfer by Greyhound bus. Of course 99 percent of those people would never show up at the opposite end. Saved the feds all sorts of time and trouble with self deportation.

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