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  2. Restitution and unjust enrichment - Wikipedia

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    Restitution and unjust enrichment is the field of law relating to gains-based recovery. In contrast with damages (the law of compensation), restitution is a claim or remedy requiring a defendant to give up benefits wrongfully obtained. Liability for restitution is primarily governed by the "principle of unjust enrichment": A person who has been ...

  3. Criminal-justice financial obligations in the United States

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    In 2005, about 90 percent of people in US jails were charged fees for numerous programs and services such as medical care, telephone use, per diem payments, and work release programs. Once on probation or parole, over 85 percent must pay fines, court costs, restitution, and fees for supervision. [1]

  4. Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act ...

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    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 ...

  5. Julie Chrisley's Prison Sentence in Bank Fraud and Tax ... - AOL

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    They were also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution. In June 2022, after a three-week trial, Julie and Todd were each found guilty on all counts. The pair was sentenced to a combined 19 ...

  6. Christine Beatty is back, refusing to answer questions or pay ...

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    Christine Beatty did her time, but even two years after moving back to Michigan and getting a job, she hasn't paid a dime in restitution since 2013.

  7. Judge hears arguments for restitution to families of 34 ... - AOL

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    A federal judge heard arguments Thursday over whether a boat captain should pay restitution to the families of 34 people killed in a California scuba dive boat fire in 2019, with prosecutors ...

  8. Civil penalty - Wikipedia

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    Although this may seem a simple matter of trespass with an unavoidable fine, it may amount to a case of implied contract (i.e. "if you park here, you agree to pay a penalty"); and such a "penalty" (read "damages") must be proportionate or else the fine will be void. Also, since the penalty notice could have been attached to the windscreen, the ...

  9. Replevin - Wikipedia

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    A writ of replevin was available only for an unlawful taking in the nature of a wrongful distress, where restitution could be made for the goods wrongfully taken (being in the nature of a redelivery of the pledge or the thing taken in distress) [4] with damages for the loss sustained by such action. [3]