Pieper Lewis killed a man that she accused of raping her. She has been sentenced to 5 years' probation, with the requirement to pay $150k to the man's family.

She can't possibly make that much money, because nearly good jobs are off limits to people with criminal convictions. So this would be an impossible demand, and that cannot be just. By luck, she raised the money by asking for donations, but that doesn't excuse an impossible demand in a sentence.

In California, Jay Jordan has won a campaign to change that policy of excluding convicts from good jobs.