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…s cracking down on protesters’ use of social media, but, in contrast to what occurred in Egypt, it has refrained from a general shut down of the internet. Security officials are forcing dissidents to turn over their Facebook passwords and have switched off 3G mobile networks in o...

…, MARKHAM ZACKARY B. MAZEY June 19, 2008 OF COUNSEL THOMAS E. McHUGH Mr. John Roth Senior Associate Deputy Attorney General Office of the Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Roth: I write...

…vid S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States; Jay Trainer, Executive Head for Agency Services; and National Archives General Counsel Gary M. Stern and Assistant General Counsel Jean Whyte for their support of OGIS’s work. We also thank Susan Ashtianie, Susan Cummings, and Mar...

… soon as is practical after a victim suffers from the commission of a crime. Additionally, the sections of the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance addressing the VRRA direct that Justice Department components must provide reasonable protection even befor...

…w the CVRA's language on fairness is interpreted, should we really debate treating crime victims fairly? Presumably the general public expects the nation's criminal rules to be fair to all concerned - the government, defendants, and victims. Reflecting that view, for the last twe...

…Goldberger, declined to discuss the charge. State attorney's of- fice spokesman Mike Edmondson also had little to say. "Generally speak- Epstein ing, there is a case that has a number of different aspects to it,' Edmondson said of a prostitution related charge being submitted to...

…xpenses, including the purchase of a 151-foot yacht named “Alibi” and his own debt payments. Matthews and the project’s general contractor, Nicholas Laudano, recently pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court, while the 91 EB-5 backers lost their $500,000 investments and n...

… follow this approach. !3° The Justice Department appears to agree that 1t should notify victims. In the 2000 Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance, the Department required prosecutors and their [*863] agents to provide notice to crime victims. In particu...

…ragraph, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court, which had rejected a victim's argument that "the CVRA confers a general right for crime victims to obtain [*933] disclosure of the [presentence report]." 405 The Ninth Circuit stated tersely that the district court did not "...

…ution should be required to consider the victims' views in developing any proposed plea arrangement as follows: (1) In General. An attorney for the government and the defendant's attorney, or the defendant when proceeding pro se, may discuss and reach a plea agreement. The court...

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…provisions the rules should go at this time. Although the CVRA enumerates a number of specific rights, it also contains general language stating that victims have a "right to be treated with fairness." Judge Cassell advocates using this general right to fairness as a springboard...

… R. (2d) 125, at para. 28 (Can. Man. C.A.) ("If a judge should attempt to review the actions or conduct of the Attorney-General - barring flagrant impropriety - he could be falling into a field which is not his and interfering with the administrative and accusatorial function of...

…re, regarding victim complaints of rights violations to the Justice Department, the statute provides that "the Attorney General ... shall be the final arbiter of the complaint, and that there shall be no judicial review of the final decision of the Attorney General by a complaina...

… extending CVRA rights to crime victims before the formal filing of criminal charges is both feasible and desirable. A general overview of state laws illustrates the broad protections afforded to victims in state criminal justice systems. Nearly two-thirds of states have adopted...