3.10. Substantive Law: Monetary Punishment Sentences
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How are fines generally viewed in the hierarchy of possible punishments?
View answer and explanationAccording 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)?
View answer and explanationWhat practice did courts begin using after the Tate v. Short decision to permit poor defendants to pay fines?
View answer and explanationIn Austin v. United States (1993), the Supreme Court ruled that civil forfeiture is subject to the limitations of which constitutional provision?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT one of the three factors the Illinois Supreme Court considers when determining the 'excessiveness' of a forfeiture?
View answer and explanationAccording 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?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary goal of a restitution order as described in the text?
View answer and explanationWhat is a key function of the victims' compensations commissions mentioned in the text?
View answer and explanationIn the 2019 case of Timbs v. Indiana, what did the Supreme Court decide regarding the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause?
View answer and explanationWhat did the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 require the government to show to prove property was used in a criminal venture?
View answer and explanationWhat right for the property owner was established in United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property (1993) to satisfy due process?
View answer and explanationWhat was a significant limitation imposed by Oregon's Ballot Measure 3, the Oregon Property Protection Act of 2000?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT a type of cost that can be included in a restitution order, according to the text?
View answer and explanationWhat issue regarding fines led to the use of installment plans for poor defendants?
View answer and explanationIn Bennis v. Michigan (1996), what was the Supreme Court's ruling regarding the forfeiture of property from an innocent owner?
View answer and explanationWhat is a practical challenge mentioned in the text regarding the ordering of restitution?
View answer and explanationWhat was the statute of limitations for the government to act on a forfeiture claim set by the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000?
View answer and explanationUnder what circumstances can a judge order a defendant to pay restitution, even if charges are dismissed?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key difference between the burden of proof required by the federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act and Oregon's Ballot Measure 3?
View answer and explanationWhich 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?
View answer and explanationWhat federal law allows for civil forfeiture, the process by which the government confiscates the proceeds of criminal activities?
View answer and explanationIn 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?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary distinction between restitution and a fine?
View answer and explanationThe text states that judges are given extremely broad discretion in setting the amounts for which type of monetary punishment?
View answer and explanationWhat does the term 'offense' generally refer to in the context of this chapter on punishments?
View answer and explanationWhich statement best describes the Supreme Court's stance on the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause before the Timbs v. Indiana decision?
View answer and explanationWhat is a potential negative consequence mentioned in the text for poor defendants who use court-approved installment plans to pay fines?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary reason that laws allowing forfeiture of property used in illicit drug activity are described as 'particularly controversial'?
View answer and explanationWhat 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?
View answer and explanationHow does the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 aim to protect innocent owners?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following describes restitution?
View answer and explanationWhat type of punishment did older criminal codes, according to the text, sometimes not authorize for murder?
View answer and explanationIn 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?
View answer and explanationWhat system has been established in several states to assist crime victims when offenders are unable to pay restitution?
View answer and explanationHow can restitution be ordered for parties other than the direct victim?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary legal challenge defendants have unsuccessfully raised against civil forfeiture when it follows a criminal trial?
View answer and explanationThe text mentions a case where a $357,144 forfeiture was found to be 'grossly disproportionate.' What was the underlying offense in that federal case?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, what is one way that victims' compensation commissions 'make them whole'?
View answer and explanationWhat type of monetary punishment is defined as supplementing imprisonment or probation, or sometimes being the sole punishment?
View answer and explanationWhat was the Supreme Court's reasoning in Tate v. Short regarding sentences like 'thirty dollars or thirty days'?
View answer and explanationThe Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 made it a crime to do what in order to prevent seizure?
View answer and explanationWhich monetary sanction is specifically identified as being part of a 'regulatory scheme'?
View answer and explanationWhat is the key similarity between the Illinois Supreme Court's test for forfeiture excessiveness and the Supreme Court's finding in Timbs v. Indiana?
View answer and explanationUnder 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?
View answer and explanationWhat is the main advantage of victims' compensation commissions for the victim?
View answer and explanationWhich monetary sanction's constitutionality was upheld in Bennis v. Michigan even when the owner was unaware of its criminal use?
View answer and explanationHow did Oregon's Ballot Measure 3 change the standard of proof for the government in forfeiture cases compared to the federal standard?
View answer and explanationWhich 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'?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text suggest is the main purpose of civil forfeiture laws, especially concerning illicit drug activity?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary difference in who benefits from restitution versus who benefits from civil forfeiture?
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