Eric A Kreuter Joshua Wurtzel Maranda Demaj

December 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

How should the sentence be impacted, if at all, where a victim does not want the defendant to be unduly punished and/or prosecuted, but is obviously powerless to stop the government, and subsequently the judge, from imposing a just result? Should the victim's goals or desires be more than just one small piece of the equation in sentencing?

By Eric A. Kreuter, Joshua Wurtzel, Maranda Demaj and Angela Li

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