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t `[n]othing in this chapter shall be construed to impair the prosecutorial discretion of the Attorney General or any officer under his direction."' Rubin, 558 F. Supp. 2d at 418 (quoting the CVRA). Simply stated, the CVRA "gives crime victims a voice but not a veto." United States v. Turner, 367 F. S

gestion in the statutory language that victims have a right independent of the government to prosecute a crime [or] set strategy." United States v. Rubin, 558 F. Supp. 2d 411, 417-18 (E.D.N.Y. 2008). "Quite to the contrary, the statute itself provides that `[n]othing in this chapter shall be construed

* Associate, Snow, Christensen & Martineau (Salt Lake City, Utah). *** Partner, Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The authors thank Douglas Beloof, Patricia Cassell, Meg Garvin, Jay Howell, James Marsh, and Stephen Twist for their assistance with this Article.

district court decisions, which provides further support for the conclusion that the CVRA applies before charges have been filed. In United States v. Rubin,” victims of a federal securities fraud argued that they had CVRA rights even before prosecutors filed a superseding indictment covering the specific

* Associate, Snow, Christensen & Martineau (Salt Lake City, Utah). *** Partner, Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The authors thank Douglas Beloof, Patricia Cassell, Meg Garvin, Jay Howell, James Marsh, and Stephen Twist for their assistance with this Article.

isions, which provides further 79 victims of a support for the conclusion that the CVRA applies before charges have been filed. In United States v. Rubin, federal securities fraud argued that they had CVRA rights even before prosecutors filed a superseding indictment covering the specific crimes affec