HR 5862 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading of crime victims' rights in open court in criminal cases.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

April 22, 2008

Mr. CHABOT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading of crime victims' rights in open court in criminal cases.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3771(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





`(3) READING OF RIGHTS- At a defendant's arraignment on an indictment, or at the commencement of a criminal trial, or a sentencing, if there is no trial, the judge shall read in open court the rights of victims set forth in subsection (a).'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink