Victims' Voice Laws

question 17

Multiple Choice

Victims' voice laws

• A) are required under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution
• B) seek to expand the victims' voice in bail, sentencing and parole decisions
• C) were designed for the purposes of getting tough and promoting retribution
• D) were prohibited and ruled unconstitutional in Payne v.Tennessee
• E) all of the above

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