SEATTLE -- A high ranking state lawmaker will introduce legislation soon to help victims of crime get their court-ordered restitution, after a KOMO News investigation found a full third of victims ...
In Ellingburg v United States, to be argued on Oct. 14, the justices will consider whether the ex post facto clause of the Constitution applies to the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, which entitles ...
Some of New Hampshire's key services for crime victims are temporarily offline, including restitution payments and the system that notifies victims about their offenders.Executive Councilor Janet ...
Next Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Ellingburg v. United States. The question presented is whether criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) is penal ...
The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA), enacted in 1996, requires defendants convicted of certain federal crimes to pay monetary restitution to the victims. Defendants convicted of crimes that ...
The modern incarnation of criminal forfeiture traces its roots back to 1970, when Congress passed the RICO Act and the Controlled Substances Act, which allowed law enforcement to seize property ...
Stanislaus County supervisors on Tuesday approved an $887,991 increase to the District Attorney’s Victim Services Program ...
An accused individual was ordered to pay the remaining balance of victim restitution and $265 in fines, as well as complete 40 hours of community service, before his case can be formally resolved.