A judge's order of a jail sentence is a foundational element of criminal justice. So too is ordering the convicted person to pay victim restitution. But, in this data-driven investigation that began with a tip on one case, Jeff Burnside found an alarmingly high failure rate to pay restitution in counties across Washington state. The story led to changes in state law, the arrest of the perpetrator we confronted and restitution to his victim.

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