Victim Impact Evidence: Hard to Find the Real Rules

Authors

Robert P. Mosteller, Duke Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2003

Abstract

This comment has two major parts. Part I reviews some of the developments in the law relating to victim impact evidence over the last decade in light of my earlier predictions and hopes in this area. Part II examines victim catharsis and its growing importance as a justification for the receipt of victim impact evidence.

Citation

Robert P. Mosteller, Victim Impact Evidence: Hard to Find the Real Rules, 88 Cornell Law Review 543-554 (2003)