Average financial compensation for former suspects in the Netherlands 2016, by reason

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 16, 2022

This statistic displays the average amount of financial compensation awarded to former suspects in the Netherlands in 2016, by reason. It shows that the average amount of compensation awarded in 2016 as compensation of costs made was higher than the average amount of compensation paid due to wrongful detention.

Average amount of financial compensation awarded to former suspects in the Netherlands in 2016, by reason (in euros)*

Characteristic	Financial compensation in euros
Total of financial compensations	1,505
Due to wrongful detention	1,391
Compensation of costs made	1,580

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April 2017

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Netherlands

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

The source explains compensations to former suspects as follows: "A former suspect who has been taken into police custody or pre-trial detention can claim compensation if the proceeding was concluded without sanctioning. The same holds if the suspect has been convicted but the police custody or pre-trial detention was not lawful for the specific crime for which the suspect was detained. Furthermore, if a case has been concluded without sanctioning, a suspect can claim compensation on the basis of article 591a of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A former suspect can also invoke both articles. In that case the request on the basis of article 89 and the request on the basis of article 591a will be considered separately."

* All figures are provisional.

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