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H.R. 5862

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To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the reading of crime victims' rights in open court in criminal cases.
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Committee
Latest Action · April 28, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
April 22, 2008
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Amends the federal criminal code to require the judge, at arraignment or at the commencement of a criminal trial, or at sentencing if there is no trial, to read in open court the rights of crime victims as provided by federal law.

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