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gue that the victims themselves had been overlooked. * The movement gained great visibility in the early 1980s when President Ronald Reagan appointed the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime. ? The Task Force published a report concluding that "the criminal justice system has lost an essential balance... . The victims of crime have been t

ms' rights in the U.S. Constitution. In 1996, victims’ advocates proposed a Victims' Rights Amendment in a Rose Garden ceremony attended by President Bill Clinton. !7 The proposed amendment contained a list of rights for crime victims, largely paralleling the rights contained in state victims' rights [*65] amen

4(1); Tex. Const. art. I, § 30(a)(1); see Cal. Const. art. I, § 28(b)(1) ("throughout the criminal or juvenile justice process"). '7 John M. Broder, Clinton Calls for Victims' Rights in Constitution, L.A. Times, June 26, 1996, at Al. For detailed discussions of the legislative efforts, see Paul G. Cassell

tus in 1982 with the publication of the report of the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime ("Task Force"). The Task Force concluded that "th

ut a federal amendment. 3' In April 22, 1996, Senators Kyl and Feinstein introduced a federal victims’ rights amendment with the backing of President Clinton. 3? The intent of the amendment was to "restore, preserve, and protect, as a matter of right for the victims of violent crimes, the practice of victi

ral victims’ rights amendment with the backing of President Clinton. 3? The intent of the amendment was to "restore,

- approached the President and Congress regarding a federal amendment. © On April 22, 1996, Senators Kyl and Feinstein with the backing of President Clinton introduced a federal victims' rights amendment. © The amendment was intended to "restore, preserve, and protect, as a matter of right for the victims

6, Senators Kyl and Feinstein with the backing of President Clinton introduced a federal victims' rights amendment. ©

*921] The proposed rule also requires that the court state its reason for granting any continuance. This requirement stems from a recommendation from the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime, which noted "the inherent human tendency to postpone matters, often for insufficient reason," and accordingly recommended that "reasons for any gran