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Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Linked to Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)
To
Department Management Department Management
Date
April 01, 2005
Subject
Preliminary and informal guidance on 'crime victim' definition under CVRA
Message Content

OLC provided preliminary and informal guidance by email, concluding that 'the status of a "crime victim" may be reasonably understood to commence upon the filing of a complaint, and that the status ends if there is a subsequent decision not to indict or prosecute the Federal offense that directly caused the victim's harm.'

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Document Summary

This document outlines victim's rights under the CVRA and VRRA, including amendments made in 2015. It details the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel's (OLC) 2005 informal guidance on the definition of a 'crime victim' in the context of the Epstein investigation, stating that victim status commences with a complaint and ends if no indictment or prosecution occurs. The guidance was summarized in a 2010 Memorandum Opinion by Deputy Assistant Attorney General John E. Bies.

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