After sentencing, a defendant is handcuffed in the courtroom by a Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputy. But before they are escorted back to the jail and eventually a Georgia prison to serve their time, defendants convicted of drug trafficking cases also are fined thousands of dollars.
Georgia law requires drug traffickers face these fines up to $1 million
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