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does not extend crime victims any rights until prosecutors choose to file formal criminal charges. This led the CVRA’s Senate cosponsor, then-Senator Jon Kyl, to fire off an angry letter to the Justice Department attacking its position. In our Article, we side with the Act’s cosponsor. We believe that, pro

heard at any hearing involving a plea. See id. § 24-4.1-302.5. 236 Mo. ANN. STAT. § 595.209(10) (West 2011). 237 OFFICE OF VICTIM-WITNESS ADvocacy, N.J. DEP’T of LAW & Pup. SAFETY, A CRIME VICTIM’S GUIDE TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 4 (2d ed. 1997), see also N.J. Const. art. I, § 22. Compare 18 U.S.

Gen.). 30 See www.nveap.org (last visted Dec. 30, 2007). 3! For a comprehensive history of victims' efforts to pass a constitutional amendment, sce Jon Kyl, Steven J. Twist & Stephen Higgins, On the Wings of Their Angels, the Scott Campbell, Stephanie Roper, Wendy Preseon, Louarna Gillis, and Nila Lynn

8 See generally Beloof, Cassell & Twist, supra note 6, at 392-99 (reviewing caselaw on the victim's interest in venue decisions). 379-737 A.2d 55 (N.J. 1999), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 858 (2001). 380 Id. at 64-69. DAVID SCHOEN HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017681 --- PAGE BREAK --- Page 47 of 78 2007 Utah L. Re

108 A.L.R. Fed. 828 (2005). A few new issues will need to be litigated. For example, the Hughey case noted above conflicts with the views of Senator Jon Kyl, co- sponsor of the CVRA, who explained that the definition of "victim" in the CVRA is an intentionally broad definition because "all victims of DAV

right to change venue because it "is, in effect, to accord the defense a whole peremptory challenge against the entire community"). 212 737 A.2d 55 (N.J. 1999). DAVID SCHOEN HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017742 --- PAGE BREAK --- Page 29 of 52 2005 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 835, *884 account does not constitute error, prov