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  1. October 14, 2025

    Justices Lean Toward Ruling Mandatory Restitution Is Punitive

    A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to embrace arguments Tuesday that forcing convicted defendants to pay restitution with compounding interest years after conviction is a criminal punishment and therefore subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively.

  2. October 10, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Voting Rights & Warrantless Entries

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return Tuesday to hear oral arguments in four cases, including a dispute over the constitutionality of the last remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act and whether federal prisoners seeking postconviction relief are subject to the same rules as state inmates.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.