The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Lindley, 87 F.3d 1324 (9th Cir. 1996):
Restitution orders are part of the criminal sentence under the Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982, 18 U.S.C. 3664(a). "A district court's failure to make a restitution order with which a defendant could possibly be expected to comply threatens respect for judicial orders generally." Ramillo, 986 F.2d at 336 (quoting United States v. Logar, 975 F.2d 958, 964 (3d Cir.1992)).
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