fendant's financial status may be presented to the jury during the first phase of the trial by either of the parties to this action. And the Second Circuit says that that's the preferred method. Mr. Cassell, I think, knowing that he's losing this battle, then tries to SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.

U.S. DEP’T OF Justice, http://goo.gl/6H6IEk (last visited Dec. 4, 2013). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014073 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2014] CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS 95 Circuit’s 2008 ruling in In Re Dean, which held that the CVRA extends rights to victims before defendants are charged.”°' We have not seen any reports that p

nth Circuit rebuked a trial judge for permitting an attorney for the bombing victims to participate in oral argument at a sentencing hearing. !*7 The Circuit stated that "in the absence of any authority permitting the participation of victims’ counsel, we harbor concerns about the propriety of the district

s.” R.2140, 1-2, 13. On February 4, 2009, plaintiffs filed a Notice of Supplemental Authority bringing to the district court’s attention the Seventh Circuit’s decision in Boim v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, 549 F.3d 685, 693 (7th Cir. 2008 (en banc) (Boim IID). R. 2156. In its decisio