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Criminal offences; Note that 1–5 are all causative events (see above). The law responds to each of them by imposing an obligation to pay compensatory damages. Restitution for wrongs is the subject which deals with the issue of when exactly the law also responds by imposing an obligation to make restitution. Example
The reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the Government in the case. The right to full and timely restitution as provided in law. The right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay. The right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim’s dignity and privacy. [3]
The Mandatory Victim Restitution Act of 1996, [13] codified in part at 18 U.S.C. § 3363A, requires courts to order that a defendant pay a victim restitution in certain cases, such as those that involve crimes of violence or pecuniary loss to the victim. [14] Child pornography cases are included in this mandate, as codified in 18 U.S.C. § 2259 ...
In criminal cases, this can include money, community service in general and/or specific to the offense, education to prevent recidivism, and/or expression of remorse. A courtroom process might employ pretrial diversion, dismissing charges after restitution. In serious cases, a sentence may precede other restitution. [49]
A former Fresno IRS employee who also worked as a private tax preparer was sentenced Thursday for 13 felonies related to identity theft and wire and tax fraud.
May 19—The man police accused of stealing a utility trailer full or tools from a construction site in Fairfield Glade and with possessing marijuana for sale pled guilty in Cumberland County ...
Examples include the right to restitution, the right to a victims' advocate, and the right not to be excluded from criminal justice proceedings [2] [3]. A key principle underlying victims' rights is the need to avoid secondary victimisation in their implementation particularly when victims' are called to take a role in criminal justice proceedings.
Hundreds of people who say they suffered physical or sexual abuse at two state-run reform schools in Florida are in line to receive tens of thousands of dollars in restitution from the state ...