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[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Victims of every crime that has one.
It's a fund for paying compensation to victims of crime and £154 is just what you have to pay to it if you get jailed for 6 months or below.

So when someone does commit a crime that has a payout to a victim, it doesn't matter if they have money or not as it comes from the fund to the victim first.
Kinda like... If you got hit with an extra vehicle/traffic insurance bill every time you get a speeding ticket or get caught driving drunk, even if you didn't cause an accident.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh, ok. Thats a far better description than the other guy said of just "court costs".

I would say that America needs something like that, but, I just can't see the money ACTUALLY going to victims. I see some policeman, or politician, or whomever, pocketing it if they tried that here.