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It's not about the money. It's an excuse to keep them in prison.
The pressure about due process and these unlawful imprisonments were getting hard to handle, apparently. So invent a bogus $5000 fine. If they can't pay it, then there's a perfect reason to keep them locked up, no process required.
-- Mal