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May 31, 2007

R.I. gets $699,000 to compensate crime victims

Rhode Island is getting $699,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to help pay for a program that compensates victims of crimes.

The money is from the federal Crime Victims Fund, which comes from fines and other payments made by criminals in federal cases.

The compensation provides reimbursement to crime victims or their survivors for expenses "resulting from their victimization, such as medical costs, mental health counseling, and lost wages," according to a news release today from the office of U.S. Attorney Robert Clark Corrente.

“A gratifying aspect of this award is that taxpayers don’t finance it, criminals do, through fines and special assessments,” Corrente said in the statement. "The Financial Litigation Unit in my office sees to it that every convicted felon pays any fine imposed, as well as the mandatory $100 that is assessed for each count of conviction.”

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 2:08 PM | Permalink

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