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Volume 21, Number 1 (of 4 Issues), 2004
National Victim Rights Week/2004:
Victim Rights - America's Values
The theme of Natmiodl Vitim Rihs
W eek/004 speaks bt the intdaumentl of
w~ hat te vuicti ihts' mlovemnent asb ien
advocating since its inceptio11 that all of
governmlent sdeaings wilhucrllelvitms
should displa a dcent rIgard 1fo thos
haried by Lime, and that it lustice pro
ceenigsbe open)Jandir tolRvitmsas well
as the Accused, These values dcecy,
opelnness, ad lairnes - are as basic to
Amrica' society as any loe culd naie.
Victim adlocates who have focused
their enermg in e t year onL gettin suc
x alues enshrlined inl ulntiallla c harter.
the C kS. Contiution, have reason to re
doutble their 4port this Apil. For two of
the mlost respected instittional voces in
the ciil justie ssle - hie 1 Fratelrnal
Order of Polic and the Nailonal Distrit
Attrneys Ass oiation - have each for the
frst time proclined suppot for the crim
vitims'11 ights amenldlmnt,
I cadnot overtate the impotance of
these endorsements, said Steve Twist,
NOVA's Vice President for Public Policy
and Chief of the National Victms Constitu-
tional Amendment Project (NVCAP. A nd
the tniing could not be more opportune -
our lead sponsors Senators Jon KI and
Dianne Feinsein, hope for a floor debateon
their resolution, SI Res 1,in April.
I encoulage eione who supports
Iu cauIs to coiltact theI two Senator to
sipport the ICslution
All you need to do , he added, is go
to the ww wNVCAPory Web site to see
how you Senators stand on the issue, and
how to ontat them urginTi thei support -
or thanking them or it
Ie concluded. Now i theine. With
the ealer support of the nation's Attor
neys (enoc, the Intemational Asocia-
tion of Chiefs of Pole, and so mnany I-
timsn gnops, we are now poised to str
winning the campaign -if we all make our
voices heard.
The NDAAResolution
Whereas, the local prosecutors ot
America are responsible for the vast major-
ity of criminal prosecutions in the United
States; and
Wl Wes as posecutor s our tunda-
mental rotle is to pursule justice and protett
the public safety by holding crimial of
lnders acountable for rheir violations of
the law; and
Wheras, in carryingoui thesespon
sibilities, prosetor represent bolh the
interests of the public and the individual
itiml of cim1inal activity:andl
heUreas now as 1i the pa(, prosec u-
tors throughout America are in the fore-
frontofinitiativesh toecg1/, x1pand and
protetth r0 ights of ilctinms of crille:
\Now, t/erefore be it resolved, that the
National Ditict Attoineys A.satilon
represelhiny Amima's prosecutors, sup-
ports the adoption of SI Res 1 (and its
cnmpanion in the I'S House of Represen-
tativ es) the Crimte Viclinms Rights Amend
ment to the Unted States Constitultionl and
call upon the Congres to pass the anend-
ment and the States to ratily it,
The FOP Resolution
A Resolution to the Congres of the
United States urging Congress to enact
the proposed aiendmlent to the Consitu-
tion of he United States that woulk protect
the rilghl ol crine vi1tis.
Whera the rghts of iInis of vio-
et ci111 bng capable of protettln w ith-
out deinlg the constitutional ights of
those acusled of victimiznng them, should
not be denied, and
Wherea a victim of a violent criml
should have the iht to reasonable and
timely notice of any public proceeding in-
volving the crime and of any release or
escape of the accused, and
Whrat, a victin has the right to not
be excluded fiom such public proceeding
and to be reasonably heard at public re-
lease plea, sentencing, reprieve, and par-
don proaeedings and
Whereas a victim has the right to ad-
judicative decisions that duly consder the
v itili' swafty interest in avoiding ulnea-
sonabledelay, and]ust andtiimely clainisto
estitution Iraom the oftender, and
Wherea the frights should not be
restcted exept when and it the degree
dictated bi a subtantial interest in public
safety or the adiniistratin fimiilnajus-
tite or by compelling necessit
Now theeorn by t a rsolved by th
Grand Lodge 1atenno Ordr of/ Polie
that the Senate and the House of Represen-
tatlive o the United States are requested to
adopt an amendment to the Consitutioll of
the UnIted States identicd to or substan-
tially modeled on Senate Jont Resolution I
of the 10, Congres wthalwouldprotect the
igthts of crime victims,
Be tA further rolved that copies of
this resolution be dispatched to the Presi-
dent of the United States, to the Pr esident of
the United States Senate, to the Speaker of
the nited States House of Representaines,
and to each United States Senatr](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/novan2004&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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