Restitution’s Broken Promise: The Supreme Court Calls It Punishment

The Supreme Court has weighed in on Criminal Restitution and called it a "punishment" ... could this change how judges hand ...
JD Supra

Calling it What it Is: Restitution as a “Plainly Criminal” Punishment Under Unanimous SCOTUS opinion in Ellingburg v. United States

The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA), enacted in 1996, requires defendants convicted of certain federal crimes to pay ...

Supreme Court Says Victim Restitution Law Is Criminal Penalty

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that a victim restitution law represents a criminal punishment as it revived a challenge by a ...
Davis Vanguard

Supreme Court Rules Mandatory Victims Restitution Act Is Criminal Punishment

The Supreme Court ruled that restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act is criminal punishment, and that the ...
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Justices hold that restitution requirements imposed on federal convicts can’t be ratcheted up after the crime but before sentencing

Yesterday’s majority opinion by Brett Kavanaugh in Ellingburg v. United States well may be the shortest of the term – less ...
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Court to consider the nature of restitution

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 ...
The Gazette

Appeals court wipes away defendant’s $66,000 restitution obligation after trial judge did not follow law

Colorado’s second-highest court voided a defendant’s obligation to pay more than $66,000 in crime victim restitution last week, finding a Mesa County judge neglected to follow the process laid out in ...