Kernrechtsfrage
Whether converting an unpaid order fine into imprisonment violates Art. 59 BV.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Art. 59 BV abolishes imprisonment only as an execution means to compel payment of a debt; it does not preclude conversion of an unenforceable money fine into imprisonment as a different kind of punishment.
Extrahierte Begründung
The measure was a penal conversion of a fine that could not be collected, not coercive detention for debt collection.