Victims' rights.
Luis J. Rodríguez would have us believe that it is faulty logic to charge seventeen-year-olds as adults ("Juvenile Injustice," July issue). But it is not faulty logic to assume that when a young person murders, be...

Measures address rights of victims.
Byline: Bill Bishop The Register-Guard While the crime victims rights movement in Oregon has made step-by-step progress in the past two decades, it is poised to take "a huge step forward" with two ballot measures on the May 20 primary election ballot, says Steve Doell, president of...

Cebu lawyers form group to assist victims of human rights violations.
CEBU CITY-- Twenty-one lawyers, nine law students, and eight paralegals organized themselves to form what they called the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL). The NUPL members said their mission is to actively defend, protect, and promote human rights. The scope covers civil, political, social, economic, and...

Harcleroad heads out.
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard After 34 years as a Lane County prosecutor and almost a quarter-century as district attorney, Doug Harcleroad on Thursday will pass the mantle to his elected successor. Alex Gardner, voted into the post in May after running unopposed, will be...

Practical aspects of rape investigation; a multidisciplinary approach, 4th ed.
9781420065046 Practical aspects of rape investigation; a multidisciplinary approach, 4th ed. Ed. by Robert R. Hazelwood and Ann Wolbert Taylor. CRC / Taylor & Francis 2009 552 pages $99.95 Hardcover Practical aspects of...

Campaign ad with victim stirs emotion.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith has broadened his attacks on Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley, enlisting the victim of a childhood rape in a hard-hitting TV ad that faults Merkley's legislative votes against tough-on-crime bills. Merkley's campaign fired back Monday with two...

Understanding criminal justice in Hong Kong.
9781843923008 Understanding criminal justice in Hong Kong. Ed. by Wing Hong Chui and T. Wing Lo. Willan Publishing 2008 284 pages $39.95 Paperback KNQ9392 Chui (Department of Social Work and Social...

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: a suitable model to enhance the role and rights of the victims of gross violations of human rights?
[The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission is one of the most talked about, innovative, but also highly controversial mechanisms used by a state 'in transition' to provide a form of accountability for its past perpetrators of human rights abuses. This article will, from the perspective of the victims...

In vindication of justiciable victims' rights to truth and justice for state-sponsored crimes.
ABSTRACT In this Article, Professor Aldana-Pindell explores the norms establishing a state's responsibility to grant victims of human rights violations adequate rights in the criminal prosecution process as a remedy for their victimization. She argues that victim-focused prosecution norms comport and provide more effective means of promoting...

Victims rights organization wants probe into conference.
Byline: GREG BOLT The Register-Guard The state's leading victims rights group is calling for an investigation of this week's University of Oregon conference on the death penalty, saying the UO may have violated a law barring the use of state resources for political causes. Officials...