Alabama Code 15-18-141. Legislative findings, etc
Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-18-141
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares that the right of crime victims to restitution is and ought to be intimately affected with the public interest.
The Legislature further hereby finds, determines, and declares that convicted criminals should be required to fully compensate the victims of their unlawful activity, and to that end, our judicial system should be empowered to strictly enforce judicial decrees or orders which require convicted criminals to pay restitution.
The Legislature further finds, determines, and declares that among such judicial powers should be the power of a court to order the withholding of a convicted criminal’s income, or the attachment of such criminal’s assets or a portion thereof for the purpose of satisfying such restitution orders.
Further, the Legislature finds, determines, and declares that the strict enforcement of restitution orders will and ought to serve as a real and meaningful deterrent to crime.
The provisions of this article are to be construed so as to accomplish these purposes and to promote the same which is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state.