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Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-15 · Reports · 26,242 words · PDF available
Restitution endeavors to restore victims to the place where they stood when they became victims of crime. It seeks to make them whole and no more. In the case of a corporate or affluent defendant, vic...
Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases: A Sketch
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-15 · Reports · 5,261 words · PDF available
Restitution endeavors to restore victims to the place where they stood when they became victims of crime. It seeks to make them whole and no more. In the case of a corporate or affluent defendant, vic...
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-15 · Reports · 10,418 words · PDF available
The purpose of the diversity immigrant visa program (DV program, sometimes called “the green card lottery” or “the visa lottery”) is, as the name suggests, to foster legal immigration from countries o...