Indiana Supreme Court Clarifies Framework for Determining When Courts May Apply Cash Bail to Public-Defender Costs and to Fines, Costs, and Fees by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Supreme Court of Indiana clarified the framework for determining when a court may apply a cash bail toward payment of …

Sixth Circuit Announces District Court Has Power to Waive Interest on Restitution Post-Sentencing, Resulting in Circuit Split by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Acknowledging a circuit split on the issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that district courts have the authority to waive interest on …

North Dakota Supreme Court Announces Interpretation of Restitution Statutes by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The North Dakota Supreme Court reversed a criminal restitution order because the trial judge misapplied statutory and constitutional law in determining the amount ordered. On February 27, 2017, Lukas Kostelecky was arrested for criminal mischief, …

Congress Exempts from Taxation Awards to Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Congress has passed the wrongful Conviction Tax Act of 2015 with votes from both sides of the aisle, exempting the damage awarded granted the wrongfully convicted from federal tax liability.   According to the Innocence Project, a …

The Debt Penalty: Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration, John Jay College, 2014 The Debt Penalty Exposing the Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration Douglas N. Evans Research & Evaluation Center John Jay College of Criminal Justice August 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | Preparation of this report was supported by a grant from Justice …

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 …

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 …

Compensating Victims of Crime Douglas Evans CUNY 2014 Compensating Victims of Crime Douglas N. Evans Research & Evaluation Center John Jay College of Criminal Justice June 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | Preparation of this report was supported by a grant from Justice Fellowship. The author wishes to thank the members of Justice …