The Supreme Court recently and unanimously held in Ellingburg v. United States[1] that restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 (MVRA) qualifies as “criminal punishment” ...
Victims of crime, especially violent crime, are not mere witnesses. They have a special status under state and federal law and are entitled to certain rights, including the right to be heard, to be ...
The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA), enacted in 1996, requires defendants convicted of certain federal crimes to pay monetary restitution to the victims. Defendants convicted of crimes that ...