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Another purpose of the statement is to inform a court of the harm suffered by the victim if the court is required to, or has the option of, having regard to the harm suffered by the victim in deciding the sentence. In cases of crimes resulting in death, the right to speak is extended to family members.
A presentence investigation report (PSIR) is a legal document that presents the findings of an investigation into the "legal and social background" of a person convicted of a crime before sentencing to determine if there are extenuating circumstances which should influence the severity or leniency of a criminal sentence.
Additional questions will then be asked regarding to the client's family – their parent's background, the client's relationship with them, if anyone in their family, including them, attended residential schools. [12] Questions related to their grandparents, siblings, extended family, and members of their community, that support the client. [12]
Last week, lawyers for Menendez, 71, filed a nearly 400-page legal document, which included more than 120 letters from Menendez’s family, friends and former associates vouching for his good ...
The cheerleader, 13, was murdered by Aiden Fucci on Mother’s Day 2021. She was stabbed 114 times. In a heartbreaking two days of sentencing, new details emerged in the case. Graeme Massie writes
Parents of Hunter Paul Crump hoped to testify at sentencing of fentanyl dealer involved in their son's death. The hearing was reset. Family not told.
Where allowed, such an endorsement gives the document the same weight as an affidavit, per 28 U.S.C. § 1746 [2] The document is called a sworn declaration or sworn statement instead of an affidavit, and the maker is called a "declarant" rather than an "affiant", but other than this difference in terminology, the two are treated identically by ...
Aug. 3—PLATTSBURGH — The family of Melissa Myers calmly sat in court Thursday listening to Vincent Abrams adamantly claim that he did not kill her in a lengthy and rambling speech. They were ...