Cost	CLE Credits	Topics
$0.00	2.0 General

Presented By : Paul Cassell, Meg Garvin, Pamela Paaso, Alonzo Robertson, Meghan Tokash, Elizabeth Well
Date: 30 Oct 2024

In 2004, the United States Congress passed, and the President signed into law, the Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preston, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA). Pub. L. No. 108-405, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3771. Shortly after passage, in 2006, the Ninth Circuit noted that the CVRA sought to make crime victims "independent participants in the criminal justice process." Kenna v. District court, 435 F.3d 1011(9th Cir. 2006).  Has this vision been achieved? Looking back over the past twenty years, panelists will discuss and evaluate the impact of the CVRA.  The first hour will include federal practitioners providing an overview of the CVRA, case outcomes, and evolving practice. In the second hour, state practitioners will discuss how the CVRA's rights and definitions, as well as case law, have impacted state practice and what states can still learn from the CVRA.

Panelists: 

Paul Cassell 

Mariam El-menshawi

Meg Garvin

Pamela Paaso

Alonzo Robertson

Meghan Tokash

Elizabeth Well