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Convicts walking away from court-ordered restitution

"In 2006, Rose's husband, Andy, died after a drunk driver hit him head-on in Schertz, a northern San Antonio suburb. The impact severed his legs. He lived in pain for 30 days before he died. As part of a plea bargain, a judge sentenced the driver, 16-year-old Justin Felan, to several months in a state juvenile prison camp and ordered him and his family to pay Rose $87,000 in restitution. More than seven years later, Felan has never paid a dime to Rose.

"According to state parole records that KVUE Defenders reviewed, 168 parolees in four Central Texas counties owed $2.6 million in restitution before they discharged from supervision over the past four years. By the time the parolees were discharged, they only paid $50,000 to their victims. That’s a 1.9 percent collection rate."

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