Thursday, May 10, 2012

Attorneys General Seek Crime Victims Fund Increase

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway was among 51 members of the National Association of Attorneys General who signed a letter that arrived on Capitol Hill earlier this week calling on Congress to raise the cap on the federal Crime Victims Fund to at least $1 billion. The Crime Victims Fund gets money through collections of fines, special assessments and other penalties paid by criminals. The fund is nearing a $7.4 billion balance.