Advisory Committee Rule Amendments and Victims' Rights in Federal Criminal Procedure
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The passage outlines historical changes to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and discusses the Advisory Committee's role in protecting victims' interests. While it mentions statutory authority (e.g. Advisory Committee amended Rule 11(a)(2) in 1983 to standardize conditional guilty pleas. Rule 32(b)(2) was changed in 1994 to allow defense counsel presence during probation officer intervi Rule 51
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