Basic Bill of Rights for Crime Victims

Some of your rights are:

¨   Receive basic information of available services

¨ Notification of significant actions and proceedings to their case

¨ Accompaniment to all public court proceedings

¨ Opportunity to offer prior comment on the potential reduction of charges or changing of a plea        

¨ Opportunity to offer prior comment for sentencing of defendant, which includes written and/or oral victim impact statement

¨ Restored, to the extent possible, to the pre-crime economic status through restitution, compensation, property return

¨ Opportunity to provide prior comment, receive notification of release decisions and escapes when defendant is sentenced to a state facility

¨ Notification of any release decisions and escapes when defendant is sentenced to a local  facility

¨ To receive notice of the commitment, discharge, transfer, escape of the offender from a mental health facility

¨ Assistance is provided in requesting restitution and preparation, submission, and follow-up with a claim for compensation

Additional Bill of Rights are available upon request:

¨ Receive notice when defendant is released from incarceration at sentencing

¨ Receive notice of the filing, hearing or disposition of appeals

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