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Article: Criminal Enforcement Redundancy: Oversight of Decisions Not to Prosecute
ir feelings at the voting polls."); cf. Chenev v. U.S. Dist. Court, 542 U.S. 367, 386 (2004) ("The decision to
the public prosecutor remain in continuous control of the case). Scattered marginal remnants of private enforcement may remain elsewhere, such as an Oklahoma statute providing that prosecutions for adultery (a felony) may be "commenced and carried on against either of the parties to the crime only by his
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ly unknown even to the most experienced judges and attorneys. The prime illustration of the ineffectiveness of the Victims’ Rights Act comes from the Oklahoma City bombing case, where victims were denied rights protected by statute in large part because the rights were not listed in the criminal rules. 77
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017639 →06), but in practice the reported cases under the CVRA thus far show few examples where the government has been willing to do so. See, e.g., Kenna v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Cent. Dist. of Cal., 435 F.3d 1011, 1018 (9th Cir. 2006) (victims' assertion of right affirmed; government does not take a position on t
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017648 →ARTICLE: Recognizing Victims in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Proposed Amendments in Light of the Crime Victims' Rights Act
even to experienced judges and attorneys. 4° The prime illustration of the ineffectiveness of the Victims’ Rights and Restitution Act comes from the Oklahoma City bombing case. *° While one might expect victims’ rights would have been fully protected during such a high profile trial, in fact victims were d
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017720 →ered useless because the victim never knew of the proceeding at which the right had to be asserted."). 133 See United States v. Guevara-Toloso, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9762 (E.D.N.Y. 2005) (noting that CVRA requires notice to victims of the crime charged against the defendant but not notice to victims of any p
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017730 →Entities connected to both Oklahoma and U.S. Dist.

Jeffrey Epstein
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Oklahoma City
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George W. Bush
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United States
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Donald Trump
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Department of Justice
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Ghislaine Maxwell
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Colorado
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Bill Clinton
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Oregon
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Wisconsin
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House of Representatives
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Supreme Court
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Philadelphia
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Kansas
LOCATIONFBI
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New York
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Bill Richardson
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Bradley Edwards
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Barry Diller
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