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AL Code § 15-18-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-65 - Legislative Findings; Purpose and Construction of Article.

Section 15-18-65Legislative findings; purpose and construction of article. The Legislature hereby finds, declares and determines that it is essential to be fair and impartial in the administration of justice, that all perpetrators of criminal activity or conduct be required to fully compensate all victims of such conduct or activity for any pecuniary loss, damage or injury as a direct or indirect result thereof. The provisions of this article shall be construed so as to accomplish this purpose and to promote the same which shall be the public policy of this state. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §1.)
AL Code § 15-18-66 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-66 - Definitions.

Section 15-18-66Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed by this section: (1) CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. Any offense with respect to which the defendant is convicted or any other criminal conduct admitted by the defendant. (2) PECUNIARY DAMAGES. All special damages which a person shall recover against the defendant in a civil action arising out of the facts or events constituting the defendant's criminal activities; the term shall include, but not be limited to the money or other equivalent of property taken, broken, destroyed, or otherwise used or harmed and losses such as travel, medical, dental or burial expenses and wages including but not limited to wages lost as a result of court appearances. (3) RESTITUTION. Full, partial or nominal payment of pecuniary damages to the victim or to its equivalent in services performed or work or labor done for the benefit of the victim as determined by the court of record. (4) VICTIM. Any person whom the court determines has suffered a direct or indirect pecuniary damage as a result of the defendant's criminal activities. "Victim" shall not include any participant in the defendant's criminal activities. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §2.)
AL Code § 15-18-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-67 - Restitution Hearing; Order of Restitution; Persons Entitled to Be Heard.

Section 15-18-67Restitution hearing; order of restitution; persons entitled to be heard. When a defendant is convicted of a criminal activity or conduct which has resulted in pecuniary damages or loss to a victim, the court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount or type of restitution due the victim or victims of such defendant's criminal acts. Such restitution hearings shall be held as a matter of course and in addition to any other sentence which it may impose, the court shall order that the defendant make restitution or otherwise compensate such victim for any pecuniary damages. The defendant, the victim or victims, or their representatives or the administrator of any victim's estate as well as the district attorney shall have the right to be present and be heard upon the issue of restitution at any such hearings. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §3.)
AL Code § 15-18-68 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-68 - Criteria for Determining Restitution.

Section 15-18-68Criteria for determining restitution. (a) In determining the manner, method, or amount of restitution to be ordered, the court may take into consideration all of the following: (1) The financial resources of the defendant and the victim and the burden that the manner or method of restitution will impose upon the victim or the defendant. (2) The ability of the defendant to pay restitution on an installment basis or on other conditions to be fixed by the court. (3) The anticipated rehabilitative effect on the defendant regarding the manner of restitution or the method of payment. (4) Any burden or hardship upon the victim as a direct or indirect result of the defendant's criminal acts. (5) The mental, physical, and financial well-being of the victim. (b) When a defendant has been convicted of the following offenses after February 1, 2009, the court may consider the factors enumerated in subsection (a) and shall order restitution to be paid as follows: (1) When a defendant has been convicted of a capital offense under subsection (a) of Section 13A-5-40, the court shall order restitution for an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each conviction under subsection (a) of Section 13A-5-40. (2) When a defendant has been convicted of rape in the first degree under Section 13A-6-61 and the person has one or more prior convictions under Section 13A-6-61, the court shall order restitution for an amount not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each conviction under Section 13A-6-61. (c) Nothing in this section shall limit or impair the right of a person injured by a defendant's criminal activities to sue or recover damages from the defendant in a civil action. Evidence that the defendant has paid, or has been ordered to pay, restitution pursuant to this section may not be introduced in any civil action arising out of the facts or events which were the basis for the restitution. However, the court shall credit any restitution paid by the defendant to a victim against any judgment in favor of the victim in the civil action. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §4; Act 2009-632, p. 1937, §1.)
AL Code § 15-18-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-69 - Objections to Order; Statement of Findings.

Section 15-18-69Objections to order; statement of findings. At such restitution hearings, the defendant, the victim, the district attorney, or other interested party may object to the imposition, amount or distribution of restitution or the manner or method thereof and the court shall allow all such objections to be heard and preserved as a matter of record. The court shall thereafter enter its order upon the record stating its findings and the underlying facts and circumstances thereof. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §5.)
AL Code § 15-18-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-70 - Method of Payment of Restitution; Payment as Condition of Sentence Suspension or Probation.

Section 15-18-70Method of payment of restitution; payment as condition of sentence suspension or probation. When a defendant is sentenced or ordered to make restitution, the court may order payment to be made forthwith to be paid to the circuit clerk as other fines and costs are made. The court may also order restitution to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments to the circuit clerk as a condition of suspension of execution of sentence or as a condition of probation. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §6.)
AL Code § 15-18-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-71 - Enforceability of Order When Defendant Imprisoned; Condition of Parole.

Section 15-18-71Enforceability of order when defendant imprisoned; condition of parole. When a defendant is sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the order of restitution shall be enforceable during the period of imprisonment when the defendant has any asset or other income or any portion thereof to which a defendant is or may be entitled. The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be notified of the amount of restitution by its parole officers and when and if the defendant is paroled, it shall be made a condition of the parole to continue the restitution payments to the victim. If during the period of the defendant's parole, he or she fails to make restitution as ordered by the original court, it shall be grounds for revocation of parole. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §7; Act 2009-632, p. 1937, §1.)
AL Code § 15-18-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-72 - Effect of Default by Defendant With Suspended Sentence, on Probation or on Parole.

Section 15-18-72Effect of default by defendant with suspended sentence, on probation or on parole. (a) When a defendant whose sentence has been suspended and placed on probation by the court, and ordered to make restitution, defaults in the payment thereof or of any installment, the court on motion of the victim or the district attorney or upon its own motion shall require the defendant to show cause why his default should not be treated as violation of a condition of his probation. (b) When the defendant is sentenced to the penitentiary by the court, and the court orders restitution, it shall be made a condition of his parole that restitution be made. When the parolee defaults in the payment thereof or any installment, the parole board on motion of the victim or the district attorney or the supervising parole officer, may require the defendant to show cause why his default should not be treated as a violation of a condition of parole, and the board may declare the parolee delinquent and after due process may revoke his parole. (c) The court shall cause all restitution payments to be transmitted in not less than 15 days of receipt of such payment. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §8; Acts 1982, No. 82-556.)
AL Code § 15-18-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-73 - Restitution by Corporation, Partnership, etc.; Default as Forfeiture of Right to Do Business.

Section 15-18-73Restitution by corporation, partnership, etc.; default as forfeiture of right to do business. When an order of restitution is imposed upon a defendant which is a corporation, unincorporated association, partnership or other business entity, it shall be the duty of the person or persons authorized to make disbursements from the assets of such defendant to make restitution from those assets and a failure to do so by such person or persons may be held to be in contempt of court unless a showing be made to the contrary as pursuant to the provisions of Section 15-18-72. Any corporation, unincorporated association, or other business entity which fails to make restitution as ordered by the court shall forfeit its rights to do business within the State of Alabama and its charter or other legal grant of the right to do such business may be dissolved by the court. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §9.)
AL Code § 15-18-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-74 - Supervision of Parolee's Restitution.

Section 15-18-74Supervision of parolee's restitution. Whenever an offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections is paroled, the Board of Pardons and Paroles will inform him of the court's imposition of restitution payments and the supervising parole officer will see that the schedule of payment of restitution is resumed and continued until paid in full. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §10.)
AL Code § 15-18-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-75 - Civil Action by Victim of Crime; Credit for Restitution Paid.

Section 15-18-75Civil action by victim of crime; credit for restitution paid. Nothing in this article limits or impairs the right of a person injured by a defendant's criminal activities to sue or recover damages from the defendant in a civil action. Evidence that the defendant has paid or has been ordered to pay restitution pursuant to this article may not be introduced in any civil action arising out of the facts or events which were the basis for the restitution. However, the court shall credit any restitution paid by the defendant to a victim against any judgment in favor of the victim in such civil action. If conviction in a criminal trial necessarily decides the issue of a defendant's liability for pecuniary damages for a victim, that issue is conclusively determined as to the defendant, if it is involved in a subsequent civil action. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §11.)
AL Code § 15-18-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-76 - Restitution Centers - Establishment and Operation; Cooperation of Counties and Municipalities.

Section 15-18-76Restitution centers - Establishment and operation; cooperation of counties and municipalities. (a) The county commissions of several counties and the governing authorities of municipalities are hereby authorized to cooperate with the State Board of Pardons and Paroles in the establishment of restitution centers. Such centers shall be operated by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. County or municipal property may be utilized with the approval of the county commission or municipal governing authority for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of facilities owned by the state or a local political subdivision. Such a facility may be furnished or leased to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a period of time for use as a restitution center. (b) It is the intent of this section that county and local governments contribute only to the establishment, renovation, furnishing, and maintenance of the physical plant of the restitution center and that the Board of Pardons and Paroles support the operation of and have the responsibility of offenders in such centers. Provided, however, that no provision of this article shall operate so as to deprive the court of its power to revoke probation of residence or the State Board of Pardons and Paroles' power to revoke parolees housed in the center. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §12.)
AL Code § 15-18-77 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-77 - Restitution Centers - Services; Powers of Board of Pardons and Paroles, Counties and Municipalities.

Section 15-18-77Restitution centers - Services; powers of Board of Pardons and Paroles, counties and municipalities. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles, the county commissions and the governing authorities of municipalities are hereby authorized to cooperate in the institution and administration of services at restitution centers as authorized in Section 15-18-76. The Board of Pardons and Paroles, the county commissions and the governing authorities of municipalities are authorized jointly: (1) To seek funding from federal or other sources to provide the maximum supportive services for offenders and the families of offenders who are participating in the restitution program; (2) To develop additional programs whereby the offenders may be afforded the opportunity to contribute to society and the support of their families through restitution programs; and (3) To develop pilot programs of counseling, training and job placement whereby restitution may be accomplished; such programs may be residential or nonresidential as appropriate. (Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §13.)
AL Code § 15-18-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 4A - Restitution to Victims of Crimes.|Section 15-18-78 - Effect of Restitution Order; Rights of Victim, etc.; Section Cumulative and in Pari Materia With Other Statutes.

Section 15-18-78Effect of restitution order; rights of victim, etc.; section cumulative and in pari materia with other statutes. (a) A restitution order in a criminal case shall be a final judgment and have all the force and effect of a final judgment in a civil action under the laws of the State of Alabama. The victim on whose behalf restitution is ordered, the executor or administrator of the victim's estate, or anyone else acting on behalf of the victim, shall be entitled to all the rights and remedies to which a plaintiff would be entitled in a civil action under the laws of this state as well as any other right or remedy pertaining to such restitution order as may be provided by law. (b) The provisions of this section shall be read and deemed in pari materia with other provisions of law. Provided however, the provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not be construed so as to deprive any victim of any other remedy or relief to which a victim may now or hereafter be entitled pursuant to law. (Acts 1983, No. 83-508, p. 716.)
AL Code § 15-18-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 5 - Death Penalty.|Section 15-18-80 - Issuance and Delivery of Warrant for Execution; Delivery of Condemned Person; Return of Receipt; Compensation of Sheriff.

Section 15-18-80Issuance and delivery of warrant for execution; delivery of condemned person; return of receipt; compensation of sheriff. (a) Whenever any person is sentenced to death, the clerk of the court in which the sentence is pronounced shall, within 10 days after sentence has been pronounced, issue a warrant under the seal of the court for the execution of the sentence of death, which warrant shall recite the fact of conviction, setting forth specifically the offense, the judgment of the court and the time fixed for his execution, and which shall be directed to the warden of the William C. Holman unit of the prison system at Atmore, commanding him to proceed, at the time and place named in the sentence, to carry the same into execution, as provided in Section 15-18-82, and the clerk shall deliver such warrant to the sheriff of the county in which such judgment of conviction was had, to be by him delivered to the said warden, together with the condemned person as provided in subsection (b) of this section; provided, however, that in case of appeal to the Supreme Court of Alabama by the defendant and the suspension of execution of sentence by the trial court, said condemned person shall remain in the county jail of the county in which the conviction was had unless the court in which the case is tried orders otherwise, in which case, upon the affirmation of the appeal by the Supreme Court, said warrant for the execution of the death sentence, under seal of the court, together with the person of the condemned shall be delivered within 10 days after such affirmation to the warden of Holman prison as provided above. (b) Immediately upon the receipt of such warrant, the sheriff shall transport such condemned person to the William C. Holman unit of the prison system at Atmore, shall there deliver him and the warrant aforesaid into the hands of the warden and shall take from the warden his receipt for such person and such warrant, which receipt the sheriff shall return to the office of the clerk of the court where the judgment of death was rendered. For his services, the sheriff shall be entitled to the same compensation as now provided by law to sheriffs for removing or conveying prisoners. (Acts 1923, No. 587, p. 759; Code 1923, §§5311, 5312; Acts 1935, No. 518, p. 1106; Code 1940, T. 15, §§345, 346; Acts 1971, No. 2360, p. 3792.)
AL Code § 15-18-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 5 - Death Penalty.|Section 15-18-81 - Confinement Until Execution; Certain Persons May Visit Condemned Person.

Section 15-18-81Confinement until execution; certain persons may visit condemned person. Upon the receipt of a condemned person by the warden of Holman prison, he shall be confined therein until the time for his execution arrives; and, while so confined, all persons outside the said prison shall be denied access to him, except his physician and lawyer, who shall be admitted to see him when necessary to his health or for the transaction of business, and the relatives, friends and spiritual advisors of the condemned person, who shall be admitted to see and converse with him at all proper times, under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be made by the Board of Corrections. (Acts 1923, No. 587, p. 759; Code 1923, §5313; Code 1940, T. 15, §347; Acts 1971, No. 2360, p. 3792.)
AL Code § 15-18-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure.|Chapter 18 - Sentence and Punishment.|Article 5 - Death Penalty.|Section 15-18-82 - When, Where, and by Whom Executions Conducted.

Section 15-18-82When, where, and by whom executions conducted. (a) Where the sentence of death is pronounced against a convict, the sentence shall be executed at any hour on the day set for the execution, not less than 30 nor more than 100 days from the date of sentence, as the court may adjudge, by lethal injection unless the convict elects execution by electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia as provided by law. If electrocution or nitrogen hypoxia are held unconstitutional, the method of execution shall be lethal injection. If lethal injection is held unconstitutional or otherwise becomes unavailable, the method of execution shall be by nitrogen hypoxia. (b) Executions shall take place at the William C. Holman unit of the prison system at Atmore in a room or area arranged for that purpose. It shall be the duty of the Department of Corrections of this state to provide the necessary facilities, instruments, and accommodations to carry out the execution. (c) The warden of the William C. Holman unit of the prison system at Atmore or, in case of his or her death, disability, or absence, his or her deputy, shall be the executioner. In the case of execution by lethal injection, the warden, or in the case of his or her death, disability, or absence, his or her deputy, may designate an employee of the unit to administer the lethal injection. In the event of the death or disability or absence of both the warden and deputy, the executioner shall be that person appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (Acts 1923, No. 587, p. 759; Code 1923, §§5309, 5310, 5314; Code 1940, T. 15, §§343, 344, 348; Acts 1953, No. 759, p. 1021; Acts 1971, No. 2360, p. 3792; Act 2002-492, p. 1243, §2; Act 2018-353, §1.)