Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2008

Publication Title

Georgetown Law Journal

Publication Title (Abbreviation)

Geo. L.J.

Volume

96

Issue

3

First Page

721

Last Page

776

Abstract

This Article examines a unique facet of the victims' rights movement: the use of victim impact evidence in the prosecution of individuals accused of mass killings. The Article provides the first detailed analysis of victim impact evidence employed in the capital trials of those responsible for the bombings in Oklahoma City (168 deaths) and the U.S. Embassy in Kenya (213 deaths), as well as the events of September 11 (almost 3000 deaths), and explores the many difficulties its use presents. These difficulties, the Article argues, warrant attention not only with respect to future U.S. mass killing trials in civilian courts, but also those before Military Commission Tribunals, which contemplate use of VIE. They also should figure in the international arena, where mass killings occur with even greater frequency, and the potent allure of affording victims a direct personal stake in the prosecution of mass killers is now also making itself felt. The Article addresses how, and if, victim-centeredness can be accommodated in the ongoing effort to maintain rule of law values in the prosecution of mass killers

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© 2008 Wayne A. Logan

Comments

First published in Georgetown Law Journal.

Faculty Biography

http://law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/wlogan

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