Crime Does Not Pay: Understanding Criminal Debt

JUSTICE STEVEN H. DAVID | 
JUDGE CALE J. BRADFORD

 

Crime doesn’t pay; it costs. In addition to serving a sentence or probation, a convicted criminal may be ordered to pay for his or her crime(s), literally.

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Our goal is to have this Article serve as a one-stop guide to trial court judges and practitioners about the types of criminal debt that defendants may be ordered to pay and the requirements and guidelines for imposing each.

 

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