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  2. Victim impact statement - Wikipedia

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    A victim impact statement is a written or oral statement made as part of the judicial legal process, which allows crime victims the opportunity to speak during the sentencing of the convicted person or at subsequent parole hearings.

  3. Payne v. Tennessee - Wikipedia

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    Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U.S. 808 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case authored by Chief Justice William Rehnquist which held that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial and, in death penalty cases, does not violate the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment. [1]

  4. Victims' rights - Wikipedia

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    In this amendment, there were major changes such as new provisions on victim impact statements and victim surcharges. [31] [24] [30] Together in the same year, the Canadian Statement of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime was released and supported by federal, provincial and territorial governments. This statement was revised in ...

  5. Michigan school shooting victim's mother says Crumbleys ...

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    Nicole Beausoleil, mother of Madisyn Baldwin, reads her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for James and Jennifer Crumbley on April 9, 2024.

  6. Chanel Miller - Wikipedia

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    The following year, her victim impact statement at his sentencing hearing went viral after it was published online by BuzzFeed, being read 11 million times within four days. [2] Miller was referred to as " Emily Doe " in court documents and media reports until September 2019, when she relinquished her anonymity and released her memoir Know My ...

  7. Quotes from the victim impact statements read this week - AOL

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    Friends and family of victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash have delivered the last of their victim impact statements to the semi-trailer driver responsible for the crash. Earlier in January ...

  8. South Carolina v. Gathers - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina v. Gathers, 490 U.S. 805 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that testimony in the form of a victim impact statement is admissible during the sentencing phase of a trial only if it directly relates to the "circumstances of the crime." [1] This case was later overruled by the Supreme Court decision in Payne v.

  9. Victimology - Wikipedia

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    A victim impact panel, which usually follows the victim impact statement, is a form of community-based or restorative justice in which the crime victims (or relatives and friends of deceased crime victims) meet with the defendant after conviction to tell the convict about how the criminal activity affected them, in the hope of rehabilitation or ...