Law professor addresses argument of naming victims in environmental abuses

Meg Garvin, law professor:

According to a recent article in The National Law Journal, the national Crime Victims Rights Act is being used more and more frequently in environmental court cases. The growing trend has some legal experts questioning the validity of this legal maneuver, arguing that it is not the established intent of the Crime Victims Rights Act. Garvin, executive director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute, countered that the environment is not the only thing compromised in environmental violations. “Individual victims are suffering greatly from environmental crimes,” Garvin said.  “We have to find a way to make them whole. Having that happen in the criminal justice system makes sense because that process is already under way.”

The National Law Journal Is Crime Victims Rights Law Being Misused in Environmental Cases?

13 May 2009

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