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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).

Victims' Rights - Nature Of Victims' Rights Movement

Victims' Rights - Origins Of The Movement

Victims' Rights - Goals And Successes

Victims' Rights - Victim Impact Statements

Victims' Rights - U.s. Constitutional Protection For Victims

Victims' Rights - Conclusion

Victims' Rights - Bibliography

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