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A mid-term update on criminal law at the Supreme Court

ScotusCrim is a recurring series by Rory Little focusing on intersections between the Supreme Court and criminal law. A lot ...
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 ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Hunter Biden criminal gun case sentencing set for Nov. 13, after presidential election

Hunter Biden, the sole surviving son of President Joe Biden, was convicted in June by a jury in U.S. District Court in Wilmington of three criminal counts related to his purchase and possession of a ...

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 ...
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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 ...