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<blockquote data-quote="Paracelsus" data-source="post: 977819" data-attributes="member: 8098">It's a &quot;Victim Impact Statement&quot;.&nbsp; Also read: &quot;long whinge to the judge from the victim about why you should punish this criminal more severely than anyone else who's ever come before you convicted of the same crime.&quot;If the practice here was as I've seen it in other jurisdictions, the document is given to the judge as an unofficial part of the sentencing process.&nbsp; It only becomes part of the case after the jury has delivered its verdict, when the judge is deciding what sentence should be passed for the crime.&nbsp; That seems to be what happened here since she refers to the guilty verdict in the statement.&nbsp; 7,200 words, all produced after the verdict had come in but before he was sentenced.Sometimes these statements are read to the court, though that's usually time-wasting theatrics and judges simply accept the written version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paracelsus, post: 977819, member: 8098"] It's a "Victim Impact Statement". Also read: "long whinge to the judge from the victim about why you should punish this criminal more severely than anyone else who's ever come before you convicted of the same crime." If the practice here was as I've seen it in other jurisdictions, the document is given to the judge as an unofficial part of the sentencing process. It only becomes part of the case after the jury has delivered its verdict, when the judge is deciding what sentence should be passed for the crime. That seems to be what happened here since she refers to the guilty verdict in the statement. 7,200 words, all produced after the verdict had come in but before he was sentenced. Sometimes these statements are read to the court, though that's usually time-wasting theatrics and judges simply accept the written version. [/QUOTE]

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