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What was the problem?
The ordinance is needed to correct a mistake that caused judges in Cleveland Municipal Court to hand out improper sentences for 11 months to people who violated certain traffic laws. The sentences may have included excessive fines and in some cases led to people being improperly jailed.
The problem occurred in May 2016 when the city was updating its traffic code.
City Council approved an ordinance to remove penalties for a series of first-degree misdemeanor traffic offenses as it was reorganizing the traffic code. But the city Law Department failed to submit a second ordinance to move the penalties for those offenses to a different section of the code.
Fix for Cleveland's traffic ticket mess won't happen immediately, council president says
I wonder if there are lawsuits involved.
The ordinance is needed to correct a mistake that caused judges in Cleveland Municipal Court to hand out improper sentences for 11 months to people who violated certain traffic laws. The sentences may have included excessive fines and in some cases led to people being improperly jailed.
The problem occurred in May 2016 when the city was updating its traffic code.
City Council approved an ordinance to remove penalties for a series of first-degree misdemeanor traffic offenses as it was reorganizing the traffic code. But the city Law Department failed to submit a second ordinance to move the penalties for those offenses to a different section of the code.
Fix for Cleveland's traffic ticket mess won't happen immediately, council president says
I wonder if there are lawsuits involved.
