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Brief • May 10, 2016
USA v. Simpson-el, KS, Order to Amend Judgment Terms, Basketball Injury Restitution, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 6:07-cr-10161-JTM-1 KAPPELLE SIMPSON-EL, Defendant. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the court on the United States’ Motion …
Article • March 31, 2016
Iowa Court Effectively Bars Lifer From Spending Any Money While In Prison by Christopher Zoukis Tracey Richter, serving a life sentence at the Mitchellville women's prison in Iowa, learned in April 2014 that she faces a new punishment as to her 2001 murder conviction: a garnishment order from the state …
Article • March 30, 2016
Filed under: Restitution
Oregon Rules Authorizing Restitution as Disciplinary Sanction Upheld by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals rejected a prisoner’s constitutional and statutory challenge of administrative rules authorizing the imposition of restitution as a prison disciplinary sanction and the withdrawal of money from his prison trust account to pay such restitution. …
Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016
Iowa Prisoner May Have Restitution Deductions from Prison Wages Increased by The Iowa Supreme Court held that a state district court has the discretion to amend a restitution order to increase the deductions from the pay of a prisoner employed in a private-sector prison industry program. Before the Court was …
Publication • February 24, 2016
Filed under: Restitution
Criminal Debt - Court-Ordered Restition Amounts Far Exceed Likely Collections, GAO, 2005 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Report to the Honorable Byron L. Dorgan, U.S. Senate January 2005 CRIMINAL DEBT Court-Ordered Restitution Amounts Far Exceed Likely Collections for the Crime Victims in Selected Financial Fraud Cases GAO-05-80 a January …
Article • February 17, 2016
Filed under: Restitution, Family
No Oregon Restitution for Post-Crime Conduct by Mark Wilson The En Banc Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's imposition of restitution stemming from a defendant's post-crime unlawful conduct. Oregon law authorizes sentencing courts to impose restitution only for economic damages which result from a crime that a criminal …
Article • November 3, 2015
Filed under: Restitution
No Oregon Restitution for Victim Losses Before Date of Crime by No Oregon Restitution for Victim Losses Before Date of Crime On September 10, 2014, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a criminal defendant could not be assessed restitution for losses occurring before the crime he was convicted of. …
Article • November 2, 2015
No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson No Oregon Constitutional Right to “Full” Victim Restitution; Contributory Negligence May Limit Restitution Award by Mark Wilson On October 3, 2013, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s refusal to grant a …
Publication • November 2, 2015
ACLU-NH - Debtors' Prison in New Hampshire, 2015 Debtors’ Prisons in New Hampshire A Report by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire Published September 23, 2015 www.aclu-nh.org Table of Contents Executive Summary………………………………..1 Debtors’ Prisons and the Law …………………….3 The Investigation and Quantitative Findings ……5 Analysis ……………………….…………….……..7 Recommendations………………………………...11 Personal …
Brief • October 9, 2015
Bell v. Jackson, MS, Class Action Complaint, Debtor Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHl:RN DISTRICT r i'AIS ·, ) JEROME BELL, JAMES SHEPPARD, MARTEZE HARRIS, DOMONIC BUTLER, MICHAEL DAVIS, RICKY LAMBERT, JARMALE WALKER, et al. Plaintiffs, ) ) ) …
Article • September 29, 2015
Supreme Court Vacates $3.4 Million Child Porn Restitution by Mark Wilson Supreme Court Vacates $3.4 Million Child Porn Restitution By Mark Wilson On April 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court vacated a child pornography victim’s $3.4 million restitution award, finding that the Government failed to prove that defendant’s conduct …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
Filed under: Restitution, Forfeiture
Ninth Circuit Finds Forfeited Assets Satisfy Restitution Order; Eleventh Circuit Disagrees by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Finds Forfeited Assets Satisfy Restitution Order; Eleventh Circuit Disagrees by Derek Gilna Greg Carter served a 70-month federal prison sentence for defrauding U.S. airlines with phony tickets, along with several co-defendants. As part of …
Article • September 22, 2015
Restitution Order Upheld in Oregon Driving Case by Restitution Order Upheld in Oregon Driving Case The Oregon Court of Appeals held that a trial court properly increased a defendant’s restitution obligation five months after sentencing. Kirk Douglas Thompson was convicted of a driving offense after crashing into a stop sign …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Due Process Requires Notice Prior to Court-Ordered Deduction from Prisoners’ Accounts by David Reutter Due Process Requires Notice Prior to Court-Ordered Deduction from Prisoners’ Accounts by David Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held on August 14, 2014 that prison officials must provide due process before seizing funds from …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Filed under: Probation, Restitution
California Probation Cannot Exceed Maximum for Unpaid Restitution by Mark Wilson California Probation Cannot Exceed Maximum for Unpaid Restitution by Mark Wilson The California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District, held on September 17, 2014 that trial courts lack authority to hold probationers in “suspended animation” beyond their maximum sentence …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations by Mark Wilson Oregon Probation Extended for Inability to Pay Financial Obligations by Mark Wilson In a July 9, 2014 ruling, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s extension of probation for failure to pay financial obligations due to …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Filed under: Restitution
Montana: Extradition Costs Not Recoverable as Restitution by Mark Wilson Montana: Extradition Costs Not Recoverable as Restitution by Mark Wilson The Montana Supreme Court has unanimously held that a restitution order for extradition costs is invalid. Mark M. Macy, Jr. was convicted of various felony offenses in Montana. He was …
Prison Bankers Cash in on Captive Customers by Daniel Wagner Prison Bankers Cash in on Captive Customers by Daniel Wagner Pat Taylor doesn’t believe in going into debt. She keeps her bills in a freezer bag under her bed, next to old photo albums, and believes in paying them on …
Article • November 17, 2014
Public Prisons, Private Profits by Victoria Law By Victoria Law, Truthout When her daughter was first incarcerated in Arizona's Perryville State Prison, "Rae" sent her money orders bought at the local cash-checking place or from Walmart. But those took too long to clear, leaving her daughter without needed supplies, so she …
Article • October 5, 2014
Filed under: Restitution, Juveniles
No Jury Determination of Oregon Juvenile Restitution by Mark Wilson No Jury Determination of Oregon Juvenile Restitution   by Mark Wilson   On October 3, 2013, the Oregon Supreme Court held that juveniles do not have a constitutional right to a jury determination of the amount of restitution they owe. …
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