Burt, Lemuel Carl’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “First, it restores the victim to the “status quo ante” position he was in before the offense. Second, restitution serves as appropriate punishment for the convicted criminal. We have said, “[a]s punishment, restitution attempts to redress the wrongs for which a defendant has been charged and convicted in court.” Third, because restitution forces the offender to “address and remedy the specific harm that he has caused,” it aids in the rehabilitation process as “it forces the defendant to confront, in concrete terms, the harm his actions have caused.” Fourth, restitution acts as a deterrent to crime. Indeed, the law so favors crime victims’ compensation that our restitu tion statute requires the trial judge to justify his decision not to order restitution to a crime victim. Further, the statute provides that a parole panel “shall order the payment of restitution ordered” under Article 42.037, and it may revoke a defendant’s parole or mandatory supervision if he fails to comply with the trial judge’s restitution order.”

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