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State prosecutors arguing against rights of victim in Polanski case

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed at this link, tomorrow officially starts National Crime Victims? Rights Week (NCVRW), which has been a special week designated by the US Department of Justice for "promoting victims? rights and honoring crime victims and those who advocate on their behalf" each April since 1981.  Thus, there is a special and sad temporal irony in this notable news story out of California, which is headlined "Prosecutors argue Polanski victim can't alter case." Here are the details: Roman Polanski's victim cannot ask for the 32-year-old sex case to be dismissed against the fugitive director or otherwise impact the case, prosecutors argued in a court filing Friday. In a filing to the California Second District Court of Appeal, Los Angeles County prosecutors argue a recent constitutional revision spelling out crime victims' rights does not grant them the power to determine the outcome of criminal cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 17, 2010 (boomark / email).