3.10. Substantive Law: Monetary Punishment Sentences

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Question 1

How are fines generally viewed in the hierarchy of possible punishments?

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Question 2

According to the text, what constitutional clause did the Supreme Court find was violated by fines that punish poor people more harshly than rich people in Tate v. Short (1971)?

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Question 3

What practice did courts begin using after the Tate v. Short decision to permit poor defendants to pay fines?

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Question 4

In Austin v. United States (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that civil forfeiture is subject to the limitations of which constitutional provision?

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Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors the Illinois Supreme Court considers when determining the 'excessiveness' of a forfeiture?

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Question 6

According to the ruling in United States v. Ursery (1996), why is the double jeopardy prohibition not triggered by a criminal trial and a separate civil forfeiture hearing?

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Question 7

What is the primary goal of a restitution order as described in the text?

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Question 8

What is a key function of the victims' compensations commissions mentioned in the text?

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Question 9

In the 2019 case of Timbs v. Indiana, what did the Supreme Court decide regarding the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause?

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Question 10

What did the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 require the government to show to prove property was used in a criminal venture?

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Question 11

What right for the property owner was established in United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property (1993) to satisfy due process?

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Question 12

What was a significant limitation imposed by Oregon's Ballot Measure 3, the Oregon Property Protection Act of 2000?

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Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a type of cost that can be included in a restitution order, according to the text?

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Question 14

What issue regarding fines led to the use of installment plans for poor defendants?

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Question 15

In Bennis v. Michigan (1996), what was the Supreme Court's ruling regarding the forfeiture of property from an innocent owner?

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Question 16

What is a practical challenge mentioned in the text regarding the ordering of restitution?

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Question 17

What was the statute of limitations for the government to act on a forfeiture claim set by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000?

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Question 18

Under what circumstances can a judge order a defendant to pay restitution, even if charges are dismissed?

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Question 19

What is the key difference between the burden of proof required by the federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act and Oregon's Ballot Measure 3?

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Question 20

Which of the following monetary punishments is described as 'payment to a sovereign as punishment for some offense' in the case of Austin v. United States?

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Question 21

What federal law allows for civil forfeiture, the process by which the government confiscates the proceeds of criminal activities?

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Question 22

In the case of Timbs v. Indiana, the Supreme Court found the forfeiture of Timbs' $42,000 land rover to be an excessive fine in relation to what underlying crime?

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Question 23

What is the primary distinction between restitution and a fine?

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Question 24

The text states that judges are given extremely broad discretion in setting the amounts for which type of monetary punishment?

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Question 25

What does the term 'offense' generally refer to in the context of this chapter on punishments?

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Question 26

Which statement best describes the Supreme Court's stance on the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause before the Timbs v. Indiana decision?

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Question 27

What is a potential negative consequence mentioned in the text for poor defendants who use court-approved installment plans to pay fines?

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Question 28

What is the primary reason that laws allowing forfeiture of property used in illicit drug activity are described as 'particularly controversial'?

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Question 29

What entity did the Supreme Court leave with the task of determining the test for 'excessiveness' in forfeiture cases after the Austin v. United States decision?

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Question 30

How does the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 aim to protect innocent owners?

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Question 31

Which of the following describes restitution?

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Question 32

What type of punishment did older criminal codes, according to the text, sometimes not authorize for murder?

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Question 33

In the Pennsylvania case mentioned in the text, was the forfeiture of a house used as a base of operations for a drug business considered excessive?

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Question 34

What system has been established in several states to assist crime victims when offenders are unable to pay restitution?

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Question 35

How can restitution be ordered for parties other than the direct victim?

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Question 36

What is the primary legal challenge defendants have unsuccessfully raised against civil forfeiture when it follows a criminal trial?

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Question 37

The text mentions a case where a $357,144 forfeiture was found to be 'grossly disproportionate.' What was the underlying offense in that federal case?

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Question 38

According to the text, what is one way that victims' compensation commissions 'make them whole'?

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Question 39

What type of monetary punishment is defined as supplementing imprisonment or probation, or sometimes being the sole punishment?

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Question 40

What was the Supreme Court's reasoning in Tate v. Short regarding sentences like 'thirty dollars or thirty days'?

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Question 41

The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 made it a crime to do what in order to prevent seizure?

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Question 42

Which monetary sanction is specifically identified as being part of a 'regulatory scheme'?

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Question 43

What is the key similarity between the Illinois Supreme Court's test for forfeiture excessiveness and the Supreme Court's finding in Timbs v. Indiana?

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Question 44

Under the Illinois Supreme Court's three-factor test, what does the second factor, 'whether the property was an integral part of the illicit activity,' evaluate?

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Question 45

What is the main advantage of victims' compensation commissions for the victim?

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Question 46

Which monetary sanction's constitutionality was upheld in Bennis v. Michigan even when the owner was unaware of its criminal use?

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Question 47

How did Oregon's Ballot Measure 3 change the standard of proof for the government in forfeiture cases compared to the federal standard?

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Question 48

Which legal concept is defined as the 'return of a sum of money, an object, or the value of an object that the defendant wrongfully obtained'?

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Question 49

What does the text suggest is the main purpose of civil forfeiture laws, especially concerning illicit drug activity?

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Question 50

What is the primary difference in who benefits from restitution versus who benefits from civil forfeiture?

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