Earlier this year, I awoke to the sounds of some of my incarcerated peers excitedly talking about their trust accounts (our version of a bank account). Their restitution fines—court-ordered payments ...

Colorado's second-highest court turned aside a defendant's challenge earlier this month to a judge's decade-old order that he pay $28,518 in crime victim restitution, even though the judge failed to ...

SEATTLE -- A high ranking state lawmaker will introduce legislation soon to help victims of crime get their court-ordered restitution, after a KOMO News investigation found a full third of victims ...

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The modern incarnation of criminal forfeiture traces its roots back to 1970, when Congress passed the RICO Act and the Controlled Substances Act, which allowed law enforcement to seize property ...

"In this article, we discuss two recent decisions that suggest courts may be seeking to rein in the use of these financial ...

Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics' roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court will hold oral arguments this week with a focus on Colorado's crime victim ...