Thus, the family of Kristin Juel Johannessen can put an end to it, writes NRK.
In 2016, the man who killed the twelve-year-old girl in Hedrum in Larvik in 1999, was sentenced to pay more than 4 million kroner in compensation to the family. They have not yet received the money.
The man could not afford to pay, and the amount of compensation for victims of violence was much lower for such old cases.
Change
According to current rules, it is the time of the act of violence, not the time of the sentence, that determines how much the state pays in compensation when the perpetrator cannot make up for it.
The amount the family was awarded in court, the state would therefore not cover.
But on Friday, the government submitted proposals for amendments to the Compensation for Victims of Violence Act to the Storting, the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness states in a press release.
Now those who before have not received the full compensation the court sentenced the person responsible to pay, will get the rest paid by the state. The violence victim’s upper limit of NOK 6 million will have retroactive effect, according to the proposal.
Few but serious cases
Kristin’s father, Roar Juel Johannessen, says the family has had to be patient in a long, bureaucratic process and now hopes that the changes will be adopted.
– We will never finish part of the case, but we can finish the legal thing now. It is very good, he says to NRK.
The law will apply to a few cases and cost around 30 million kroner, according to Minister of Justice Monica Mæland (H)
– There are few, but important and serious issues. The goal is to get more justice and a simpler system, she says to NRK.
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