'Blood money' goes to crims / The Dominion Post, 23 Feb 2007
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EMILY WATT
"Six criminals are in line to receive about $50,000 in government payouts because their victims do not want the "blood money". A much vaunted law change to strip criminals of compensation and make it available to their victims has been declared "a failure" by opponents - just 20 months after it was launched. Only one victim of the seven criminals who have received a tax-payer funded payout since the new law has applied for the cash. The Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act, passed in June 2005, restricted compensation paid to inmates for mistreatment in prison and allowed the prisoners' victims to apply for the money."