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Summary
This document is Page 26 of a 78-page document, specifically an excerpt from a 2007 Utah Law Review article written by David Schoen. The text provides a legal argument criticizing the "Advisory Committee's" proposals regarding the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), specifically arguing against rules that would force victims to disclose their addresses to defendants or participate in face-to-face meetings/depositions without due process. The document bears a House Oversight Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional production.
People (1)
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| David Schoen | Author |
Name appears at the bottom of the document; the text is written in the first person ("I had originally proposed", "as...
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| Advisory Committee |
The body proposing amendments to legal rules regarding victim rights, which the author is critiquing.
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| Supreme Court |
Referenced regarding instructions on discovery rules.
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| Utah Law Review |
The publication source of the text (2007 Utah L. Rev. 861).
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017661'.
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Discussed in terms of jurisdiction limitations.
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Referenced in case citation (Or. 1989).
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Referenced in case citation (Iowa 1990).
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Relationships (1)
Schoen is critiquing the Advisory Committee's proposals regarding victim rights rules.
Key Quotes (4)
"Nothing better illustrates the unfairness of the Advisory Committee's proposals and their illegality under the CVRA than its refusal to guarantee that crime victims will be heard on the subject of whether their home address will be turned over to the defendants accused of victimizing them."Source
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"The 'federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction,' and federal judges have no general power to compel private citizens to meet with defendants before a trial."Source
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"Such a meeting is a deposition in all but name."Source
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"The Advisory Committee Note suggesting a meeting between a victim and a defendant does an end run around these limitations."Source
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