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SCOTUS gets first look at CVRA

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this great SCOTUSblog post, some of the fascinating issues that surround the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) have now come before the Supreme Court in the form of an application for a stay.  Here is the start of the SCOTUSblog coverage:In the first attempt to get the Supreme Court to clarify the rights of crime victims under a 2004 federal law, lawyers for 12 victims of an explosion three years ago at an oil refinery in Texas have asked the Supreme Court to delay a federal judge?s action on a plea agreement that would settle federal criminal charges against a large oil company. The victims contend that the plea deal is too lenient, and that it was worked out without any input from the victims ? a claimed violation of the Crime Victims? Rights Act...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).