The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that an offender cannot be imprisoned for failure to pay a fine unless the default is willful, if imprisonment is not an authorized penalty for the offense of which the defendant was convicted.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has established that imprisonment for failure to pay a fine is unconstitutional if the default is not willful, as it violates the Equal Protection Clause.

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