Questão jurídica principal
Whether converting an unpaid order fine into imprisonment violates Art. 59 BV.
Decisão extraída
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.
Fundamentação extraída
The measure was a penal conversion of a fine that could not be collected, not coercive detention for debt collection.