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
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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