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Notable new note on the CVRA and victims of financial fraud

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to this post at CO, I see that the May 2010 issue of the Minnesota Law Review has this interesting new student note on the ways lower courts are stuggling with aspects of the Crime Victims' Rights Act. The note is by Julie Kaster and is titled "The Voices of Victims: Debating the Appropriate Role of Fraud Victim Allocution Under the Crime Victims' Rights Act."  Here is the abstract: The economic collapse of 2008 witnessed the greatest explosion of financial fraud cases in recent memory. The Crime Victims? Rights Acts (CVRA), a federal statute granting victims rights in court, gives victims of financial swindlers a day in court to recount their financial hardships?a process known as victim allocution. The CVRA also gives victims the ability to petition for a writ of mandamus if the district court fails to respect the right of allocution...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).