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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:H.J. Res. 45.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article V of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress,whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary,shall propose Amendments to this Constitution . . .''____________________[Page H2310]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Constitutional Amendment</strong></p> <p> Prohibits denial or abridgement of a crime victim's rights to: (1) reasonable notice of, and inclusion in, public proceedings relating to the offense; (2) be heard at any release, plea, sentencing, or other proceeding involving any right established under this amendment; (3) proceedings free from unreasonable delay; (4) reasonable notice of the release or escape of the accused; (5) due consideration of the crime victim's safety, dignity, and privacy; and (6) restitution.</p> <p>Grants the crime victim, or the victim's lawful representative, standing to assert and enforce such rights.</p> <p>Subjects review of the denial of any right established by this amendment, which may include interlocutory relief, to the standards of ordinary appellate review.</p> <p>]]></text>
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