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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *960
This resulted in the Advisory Committee proposing a rule that recites only half of the CVRA's venue provision. The rule as
proposed by the Advisory Committee
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *952
their rights [in the CVRA]." *°7 Because the Advisory Committee's promised approach was to "incorporate, but not go beyond,
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the rights created by the
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *945
In light of the statutory statement in /8 U.S.C. § 377/(d)(6) that nothing in the CVRA "shall be construed to impair the
prosecutorial discretion of the Atto
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *943
Rule 60. Victims
(a) Rights of Victims.
(3) Right to Be Heard.
The court must permit a victim to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the distr
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *919
privacy interest in keeping personal facts away from the public eye." 34? Consider, for example, the privacy of therapeutic
counseling communications. Federa
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *917
witnesses to a criminal defendant in a noncapital case." 34° Many other courts have reached substantially the same conclusion.
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[*918] A few older cases
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *920
Unless a statute or these rules permit otherwise, the government must prosecute an offense in a district where the offense was
committed. The court must set
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *914
Brady's requirements are incongruous with traditional discovery, as Brady does not even apply at pretrial stages. 39° Rule 16
of the Federal Rules of Crimin
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *916
court determined "this remedy does not address the Government's justifiable concerns regarding the risk of witness tampering
in circumstances where there is
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *911
of trial and that failure to obtain such inspection may tend unreasonably to delay the trial; and (4) that the application 1s made in
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good faith and is
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *907
if it is the prosecution who subpoenas confidential victim information. Due process is satisfied as long as the prosecution and
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the defense have recipro
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *912
court's refusal to issue subpoenas designed to uncover documents relating to the mental health of a victim and various
witnesses. 78° The court described the
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *908
for disclosing the fact of the subpoena to the victim, because of both ethical and legal considerations. 7°? Thus, the Advisory
[*909] Committee's use of ex
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *906
Subpoenas issued ex parte are plainly unfair to victims. When a victim's personal or confidential information is at stake, it is
truly hard to understand how
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *910
crime victim to notice of that proceeding 77! and to an opportunity to attend that hearing, unless the victim's testimony would
clearly be materially affecte
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *904
witness to whom the subpoena for documents or records is issued, 7°? but there is no provision for notifying the interested
party (e.g., the victim) when per
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *903
The amendment seeks to protect the interests of the victim without unfair prejudice to the defense. It permits the defense to
seek judicial approval of the s
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *900
The Advisory Committee did not propose any change to Rule 15. 7!¢
Discussion:
Rule 15 authorizes depositions for the purpose of preserving evidence for tria
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *901
participant in the proceedings," 27 the same considerations demand that victims be able to attend a pretrial deposition. To be
sure, crime victims (like othe
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *890
Casey, the victim told the prosecutor that she wished to be heard in opposition to a plea. The prosecutor refused to convey that
information to the court and
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *888
Perhaps the Advisory Committee overlooked this proposed change. !®? Yet it is important, implementing not only a victim's
right to be heard at plea proceedin
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *887
concerning ... [a] plea." !°7 But this brief mention in the rule is inferior to my specific proposal for several reasons. First, Rule
11 is the "script" when
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *878
In 1983, the Advisory Committee changed Rule 11(a)(2) to eliminate a split of authority on conditional guilty pleas. One of the
reasons for the change was to
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *865
A. The Crime Victims’ Rights Movement
The Crime Victims’ Rights Movement developed in the 1970s because of a perceived imbalance in the criminal justice syst
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *877
witnesses, but also the victim as well. ?° Notably, the Advisory Committee's rationale for this change was to "implement[] the
victim's "right to be treated
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2007 Utah L. Rev. 861, *863
as I argued at length in an earlier article. * After receiving my suggested changes, the Advisory Committee agreed with some,
but declined to adopt many of th
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *100
[#101] crimes or crimes against children." 74! In Indiana, the plain language of its statute leaves open the possibility of a
conferral right befo
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *96
In view of the Department's existing notifications and provision of services before charges are filed under the VRRA, it is hard
to conceive how a
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *98
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Notably, while the strength of these rights varies from state to state, nearly forty states require the prosecuting attorney to
notify or con
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *99
advise the victim about any plea negotiations. 734 Interestingly, however, the Hawaii legislature defined "major developments"
as "arrest or releas
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *92
Of particular interest here is the Department's policy for grand jury subpoenas issued to a "target" of a criminal investigation.
When such a targe
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *84
which a defendant will plead guilty to certain charges. '*° Then, the parties jointly present to the district court a criminal
"information" (that
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *89
CVRA protections - i.e., victims of misdemeanor offenses prosecuted by way of complaint - will never have proper venue to
assert those rights becau
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *90
instance, has noted that if there are any doubts about how to construe the CVRA, this venue provision "sweeps them away." !8!
Once again, the langua
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *87
Gtven this continuing active role that agents typically play during criminal prosecutions, we find the fact that the CVRA assigns
responsibility to
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *82
Senator Kyl further commented that he had discussed the CVRA's potential application in grand jury proceedings, an
application that required the Ac
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *69
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A. THE CVRA'S PURPOSES
An analysis of the CVRA's application before prosecutors have filed charges must begin by assessing the CVRA's purpose
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *74
were expansive and could apply before charges were filed but were subject to the outer limit that the Government has at least
"contemplated" charge
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *75
II. The Justice Department's Unpersuasive Position
Despite the CVRA's broad remedial purposes, its expansive language referring to investigations,
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *68
developed considerable evidence that Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire with extensive political and social connections, +! had
sexually molested more t
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *73
Because crime victims lack a right to appointed counsel, many victims have difficulty litigating the scope of their rights. ©
But in a few cases, vi
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *64
then made a series of recommendations for all criminal justice agencies, including the police, prosecutors, and the courts. !!
The recommendations we
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104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 59, *59
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Introduction
In recent years, federal and state enactments have given crime victims extensive rights to participate in criminal cases. Many
military/security companies in state courts "because the comprehensive regulatory scheme enacted
by Congress and the President grant military contractors like Blackwater immunity from state-court
liti
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Marlon Brando
I have a small apartment in New York, which my wife and I use for weekend trips to the Opera
and other Manhattan events. On this particular weekend, I lent it out to
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forward and sue. If Clinton was prepared to pay $700,000 to settle a suit he regarded as utterly
frivolous and untrue, no greater incentive would have been added if he defaulted and
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presence of his own lawyers. In reaching this agreement, the President withdrew his constitutional
challenge to the power of a grand jury to compel his testimony. This was a serious
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her conquest of the President as to engage in an intimate relationship. She really did want oral
sex: she wanted to talk about it. And she did —to more than a dozen people. The Pres
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I was called by the man, whom I had known for several years, to help represent him in the matter.
I conducted extensive research on the policy of the local prosecutor with regard to
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The accountant was prosecuted for rape. The case was essentially was essentially a “he
said”—she “suspected” contest, and there was some forensic evidence—the cocaine in her
urine—t