Crime victims should get compo from state

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Victim Compensation is one way that justice is done, but when there are $50M in unpaid reparations one has to ask what the effect of the legal system is on victims. And if the Government pay reparations then the taxpayer is paying twice for the criminal. If the Government underwrote compensation so then the $50M in unpaid compensation would be like an unpaid tax debt. Makes more sense.