Abstract
Cassell fails to offer empirical evidence that victim impact statements increase victim satisfaction with the criminal process. More important, he fails to address (and indeed conflates) the difficult issues raised by the separate question of whether the criminal sentencing hearing can or should be a forum for the healing of the friends and relatives of homicide victims.
Recommended Citation
Bandes, Susan
(1999)
"Reply to Paul Cassell: What We Know About Victim Impact Statements,"
Utah Law Review: Vol. 1999:
No.
2, Article 9.
Available at:
https://dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol1999/iss2/9
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