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Restitution
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Sentencing Law and Policy
First Circuit jumps into circuit split in affirming child porn restitution award
Main March 1, 2012First Circuit jumps into circuit split in affirming child porn restitution awardIn a long discussion at the end of a long opinion, the First Circuit yesterday weighed…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Eleventh Circuit affirms life sentences, but vacates restitution award, for child porn ring
Main February 6, 2012Eleventh Circuit affirms life sentences, but vacates restitution award, for child porn ringThe Eleventh Circuit has a very lengthy opinion today in US v. McGarity, No. 09-12070…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fascinating AP update on efforts by “Amy” to get restitution from child porn downloaders
Main January 31, 2012Fascinating AP update on efforts by "Amy" to get restitution from child porn downloadersThis new AP article, headlined "Court to weigh restitution for child porn victim," reports…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fifth Circuit to reviewen bancrestitution sentences for child porn downloaders
Main January 28, 2012Fifth Circuit to review en banc restitution sentences for child porn downloadersAs effectively detailed here at How Appealing, the Fifth Circuit issued two orders earlier this week…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
North Carolina Weighs Restitution for Victims Sterilized Under State’s Eugenics Program
The New York Times: Thousands Sterilized, a State Weighs Restitution, by Kim Severson:Charles Holt, 62, spreads a cache of vintage government records across his trailer floor. They are the stark…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Avenging ‘Amy’: Compensating Victims of Child Pornography Through 18 U.S.C. § 2259”
Main December 7, 2011"Avenging 'Amy': Compensating Victims of Child Pornography Through 18 U.S.C. § 2259"The title of this post is the title of this new paper by Steven Joffee now…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fascinating CVRA and FSA issues seemingly ready for SCOTUS review
Main November 16, 2011Fascinating CVRA and FSA issues seemingly ready for SCOTUS reviewAs I have mentioned before, John Elwood at SCOTUSblog does amazing work keeping up with the cases that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Second Circuit panel reverses child porn restitution award to “Amy”
Main September 8, 2011Second Circuit panel reverses child porn restitution award to "Amy"The Second Circuit has today issued an important new opinion in the on-going saga concerning whether and how…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Eleventh Circuit – Mortgage Fraud Judgment Vacated and Remanded for Re-Sentencing
By Ellen Podgor
In United Staets v. Singletary, the Eleventh Circuit looked at issues of loss amount in a mortgage fraud decision. The Federal Defender's Office for the Middle District of Florida (with…
PropertyProf Blog
Dagan on Restitution and Relationships
By propertyprof
Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv) has posted Restitution and Relationships (Boston University Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This Essay examines how restitutionary doctrines protect the integrity of certain types of…