Professor Edna Erez and I have a new article supporting victim impact statements. It is entitled "How Victim Impact Statements Promote Justice: Evidence from the Content of Statements Delivered in ...

Tears falling down cheeks silently or seen through audible sobs filled the Ada County courtroom where Chad Daybell's sentencing process began Friday. As of press time at 5:10 p.m. Friday, jurors were ...

For two years, Stacey Wales kept a running list of everything she would say at the sentencing hearing for the man who killed her brother in a road rage incident in Chandler, Ariz. But when she finally ...

Good morning. Good morning. Have you state your full name and also the full name, the person you're gonna be speaking on behalf of and spell your last name. Yes, Amy Van Acken, VA N SPACE *** UK en ...

JONEDBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — First Judicial Criminal Court Judge Stacy Street took particular note of a victim impact statement Tuesday as Mark Sexton III and Mark Sexton Jr. both entered guilty pleas ...

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura has urged the judge in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial to consider “the truths at hand that the jury failed to see” when he makes his sentencing decision later this week. Diddy ...

On July 23, 2025, Alivea Goncalves addressed Bryan Kohberger, the man who pleaded guilty to killing her sister along with three other Idaho college students in 2022. Kaylee Goncalves’ sister's victim ...

Multiple individuals impacted by the actions of Bryan Kohberger spoke out through victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing on Wednesday. Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of ...

Jason Riley gives victim impact statement Jason Riley, father of Laken Riley, gives a victim impact statement after Jose Ibarra is convicted of killing the nursing student on UGA's campus earlier this ...

Orange County supervisors Tuesday approved a victim impact statement for the federal judge to consider in the sentencing of former Supervisor Andrew Do, who pleaded guilty to bribery. The board voted ...

Lauren Phillips, sister of Laken Riley, makes a victim impact statement after Jose Ibarra was found guilty of murder by a judge on Wednesday morning.