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A victim impact statement is a written or oral statement made as part of the judicial legal process, which allows crime victims the opportunity to speak during the sentencing of the convicted person or at subsequent parole hearings.
A female Garda sergeant read out a victim impact statement written by Murphy's mother, saying: "As a parent, you want your child to go out into this world and live a full and meaningful life yet, being acutely aware of how fragile their safety is, wanting to protect them. I couldn't protect my darling Ashling, and now she is gone forever."
A "victim of violence" is defined as a person killed before 10 April 1998 (the date of the Belfast Agreement) as a result of an unlawful act of violence committed on behalf of, or in connection with, a proscribed organisation. These organisations are those proscribed by the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996. [5]
Moments later, they delivered heartfelt victim impact statements. Caitlin Cash was the first to address the court and recounted how she found Wilson’s dead body lying in a pool of blood in her ...
During victim impact statements, one by one, many of Miller’s family and friends addressed the court, according to Court TV. Miller’s mother, Lisa Miller, reportedly described hearing sirens ...
Baiba met with Garda Hughes and Garda Declan Nyhan at Swords Garda station to draft a victim impact statement. [2] She handed Garda Hughes a twelve-page handwritten statement that was for the sentencing hearing of "Mr A". [2] It detailed a history of abuse against her and near the end she wrote she was "very scared for my life".
Blair's father, mother, and brother delivered victim impact statements. [29] The seventeen-year-old presented the Blair family with a letter of apology. [3] The seventeen-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment on 20 April 2020, backdated to 24 January 2020. [30]
In this amendment, there were major changes such as new provisions on victim impact statements and victim surcharges. [31] [24] [30] Together in the same year, the Canadian Statement of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime was released and supported by federal, provincial and territorial governments. This statement was revised in ...