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charges have been brought. U.S. Dep't of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and

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

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

for their rights, Justice Department has sufficient resources to provide notice, the CVRA authorizes $ 25 million over the next five fiscal years to the Office for Victims of Crime of the Department of Justice for enhancement of victim notification systems. *!® The Advisory Committee should therefore add language to its proposed

s for Victim and Witness Assistance 31-37 (2000) [hereinafter 2000 A.G. Guidelines]. The Guidelines were recently revised. See U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance (2005) [hereinafter 2005 A.G. Guidelines]. 39 42 U.S.C. 10606(b)(1) (repealed 2004).

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