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Holsey Ellingburg, Jr., Petitioner v. United States
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July 01, 2025
Compounding Restitution Is Unconstitutional, High Court Told
Nonprofits, think tanks and legal scholars filed briefs this week urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that a federal law requiring criminals to continue paying restitution with compounding interest for decades after conviction is unconstitutional because it can exponentially increase punishment for a crime.
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April 07, 2025
Justices Enter Fray Over Criminal Restitution As Punishment
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to wade into what counsel for a convicted Georgia bank robber called a "deeply entrenched" circuit split over the constitutionality of a federal law that requires criminals to continue paying restitution with compounding interest for decades after conviction.