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Extraction Summary
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Document Information
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Legal scholarship / evidence production (law review article)
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2.26 MB
Summary
This document is a page from a 2007 Utah Law Review article (likely authored by Paul Cassell) analyzing the history of federal victims' rights legislation. It details the failure of the 1990 Victims' Rights and Restitution Act, attributing its ineffectiveness to poor codification (Title 42 vs Title 18) and its omission from West Publishing's legal guides, citing the Oklahoma City bombing case as a key example. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp and the name of David Schoen, Jeffrey Epstein's attorney, suggesting it was part of a legal production regarding the CVRA, a statute central to the controversy surrounding Epstein's non-prosecution agreement.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| David Schoen | Attorney |
Name appears in the footer of the document; he was an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein.
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| Paul Cassell | Author/Scholar |
Cited in footnote 27 ('See generally Cassell, Barbarians at the Gates'). Cassell is a prominent victims' rights lawye...
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| Timothy McVeigh | Defendant |
Mentioned in footnote 27 case citation 'United States v. McVeigh' and referenced via the 'Oklahoma City bombing case'.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Congress |
U.S. legislative body mentioned as passing various acts.
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| Justice Department |
Directed by statute to make best efforts to ensure victims received rights.
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| West Publishing |
Legal publisher criticized for not including the Victims' Rights Act in their Federal Criminal Code book.
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| Utah Law Review |
Publication source of the text (2007 Utah L. Rev. 861).
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (5 events)
1995
Victims advocates decided to press for a federal constitutional amendment.
USA
Victims advocates
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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Mentioned in relation to the bombing case used as an illustration of legal failures.
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Relationships (2)
Implicit context: Schoen's name is on this discovery document, and he represented Epstein.
Cassell authored a book discussing the McVeigh case, cited in footnote 27.
Key Quotes (3)
"The prime illustration of the ineffectiveness of the Victims' Rights Act comes from the Oklahoma City bombing case, where victims were denied rights protected by statute in large part because the rights were not listed in the criminal rules."Source
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"Because West Publishing never included the Victims' Rights Act in this book, the statute was essentially unknown even to the most experienced judges and attorneys."Source
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"Yet this act never successfully integrated victims into the federal criminal justice process and was generally regarded as something of a dead letter."Source
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