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ARTICLE: Recognizing Victims in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Proposed Amendments in Light of the Crime Victims' Rights Act
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User Name: DAVID SCHOEN Date and Time: Thursday, February 28, 2019 10:28:00 AM EST Job Number: 83852970 Document (1) 1. ARTICLE: Recognizing Victims in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Proposed Amendments in Light of the Crime Victims' Rights Act, 2005 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 835 Client/Matter: -None- Search Terms: cvra and sixth amendment Search Type: Terms and Connectors Narrowed by: Content Type Narrowed by Secondary Materials Sources: Law Reviews and Journals | About LexisNexis | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Copyright © 2019 LexisNexis DAVID SCHOEN ARTICLE: Recognizing Victims in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Proposed Amendments in Light of the Crime Victims' Rights Act Reporter 2005 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 835 * 2005 Length: 36451 words Author: Paul G. Cassell* * Professor of Law for the S.J. Quinney College of Law of the University of Utah and United States District Court Judge for the District of Utah. Thanks to Doug Beloof, Janna Tucker Davis, Meg Garvin, Wendy Murphy, Judge James Orenstein, and Steve Twist; to my able law clerks Ann Bauer, Tim Conde, Tyler Green, Felise Thorpe Moll, Justin Starr, and Stewart Young; and especially to my wife Trish for all her support. I write this article as a law professor, not as a judge. It is not intended to comment on any pending cases and implies no positive commitment on legal issues that may arise in cases that come before me in my court. Text [*837] I. Introduction Crime victims are virtually absent from the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The sixty federal rules comprehensively cover every aspect of federal criminal proceedings - from initial appearance through preliminary hearing, arraignment, acceptance of pleas, trial, and sentencing. Yet the rules substantively mention victims only once, briefly recognizing the right of some victims to speak at sentencing. 1 The federal rules can no longer leave victims unmentioned. In October 2004, Congress passed and President Bush signed into law the Scott Camp […]