Mandatory Victim Restitution: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, on S. 173, a Bill to Provide for Restitution of Victims of Crimes, and for Other Purposes, November 8, 1995, Volume 4 |
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Page 5 - Hon. ORRIN G. HATCH, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate, Washington, DC. DEAR...
Page 8 - Chairman of the Committee on Criminal Law of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Page 12 - To the extent that the court determines that the complication and prolongation of the sentencing process resulting from the fashioning of an order of restitution under this section outweighs the need to provide restitution to any victims, the court may decline to make such an order.
Page 5 - OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SPENCER ABRAHAM, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN Senator ABRAHAM.
Page 13 - ... in any case, if the victim (or if the victim is deceased, the victim's estate) consents, make restitution in services in lieu of money, or make restitution to a person or organization designated by the victim or the estate. (c) If the Court decides to order restitution under this section, the court shall, if the victim is deceased, order that the restitution be made to the victim's estate. (d) The court shall impose an order of restitution to the extent that such order is as fair as possible...
Page 22 - US dollars annually in medical costs, lost earnings, and public program costs related to victim assistance.
Page 30 - I am John H. Stein, Deputy Director of, and Director of Public Affairs for, the National Organization for Victim Assistance. Thank you for inviting me to comment on the "Crime Victims Restitution Act of 1995.
Page 8 - Federal court now have the right to be notified of and involved in court proceedings, the right to be protected from the accused, the right to be treated fairly and with respect, and the right to be informed of the detention status of the convicted criminal. However, passage of just the victims rights portion of my proposal left some unfinished business.
Page 22 - Wiersema. Crime in the United States: Victim Costs and Consequences. Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, May 1995.
Page 20 - No matter how noble the cause, there is clearly no sense in wasting taxpayer dollars in futile gestures, or, worse yet, squandering precious resources and ultimately weakening our war on crime.