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Victims' Rights

Nature Of Victims' Rights Movement, Origins Of The Movement, Goals And Successes, Victim Impact Statements



At the end of the twentieth century, a broad movement supporting the rights of victims of crime prospered in the United States. This victims' rights movement has many facets, including both liberal and conservative components. Sometimes it conflicts with the prosecution, and sometimes it serves as the prosecution's ally.



ROBERT P. MOSTELLER

CASES

Booth v. Maryland, 482 U.S. 496 (1987).

Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991).

Additional topics

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