CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A judge in Wyoming is offering defendants a break in their court fines if they agree to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Natrona County Circuit Court Judge Steven Brown began offering the deal earlier this summer after seeing vaccination rates stagnate.
Less than 40% of those eligible for vaccines in Wyoming are fully vaccinated.
Brown tells the Casper Star-Tribune he sees vaccination as a community service.
On Monday, he offered to take $200 of a woman's $560 fine if she got fully vaccinated within 30 days.
The fine would be reduced when she returned with proof of immunization.
Brown says not everyone is taking the deal.