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R U A Person?

Tribes are not. The language of the Victims Rights Act is clear:

‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this chapter, the term ‘crime victim’ means a person directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of a Federal offense."
Thus, the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe and the Louisiana Coushatta Tribe, victims to the tune of half a mill and eleven mill, respectively, have to get permission to testify at Jack's sentencing hearing. Here's the notice letter to U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle link


Posted by EBW on August 30, 2008 08:36 AM |

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I guess they need to incorporate to be considered "persons" in court.

Posted by: Bryan | September 1, 2008 04:37 PM

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