KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri state representative has prefiled a bill to change the state's restitution law for people wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit. Rep. Mark ...

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 ...

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Attorney’s fees often finish last, although we have a hard time understanding why. Defendants don’t want to agree to pay them, and courts don’t like to award them. When courts do award fees, they are ...

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 ...