Notification to Victim of Accused's Pretrial Release and of Victims' Rights and the Availability of Victims' Compensation and Services

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  2. Georgia Code
  3. Criminal Procedure
  4. Crime Victims' Bill of Rights
  5. Notification to Victim of Accused's Pretrial Release and of Victims' Rights and the Availability of Victims' Compensation and Services

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  1. Upon initial contact with a victim, all law enforcement and court personnel shall make available to the victim the following information written in plain language:
    1. The possibility of pretrial release of the accused, the victim's rights and role in the stages of the criminal justice process, and the means by which additional information about these stages can be obtained;
    2. The availability of victim compensation and, if the victim has been trafficked for labor or sexual servitude as defined in Code Section 16-5-46, compensation available through the federal government pursuant to 22 U.S.C. Section 7105; and
    3. The availability of community based victim service programs.
  2. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council is designated as the coordinating entity between various law enforcement agencies, the courts, and social service delivery agencies. The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council shall develop and disseminate written information upon which law enforcement personnel may rely in disseminating the information required by this chapter.

(Code 1981, §17-17-6, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 385, § 2; Ga. L. 2011, p. 217, § 7/HB 200.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1995, a semicolon was substituted for a period at the end of paragraph (a)(1).

Cross references.

- Restitution to victims of crime, § 17-14-1 et seq.

Law reviews.

- For article on the 2011 amendment of this Code section, see 28 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 131 (2011).


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