9th Circ. Nixes Murder Restitution Over Spousal Interest

By Elizabeth Daley ( September 26, 2025, 9:22 PM EDT) -- The federal government cannot seize as restitution a retirement account belonging to a man sentenced to life in prison for murdering two of his U.S. Coast Guard colleagues at an Alaska maintenance facility in 2012 because his wife has an interest in the account, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Friday....

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