Crime Victims' Rights Act

Victims of 2015 Listeria outbreak involving Blue Bell invited to follow Kruse case

Victims of foodborne illness are often so numerous that the government wants to cast the wide internet in contacting them about felony prosecutions that often occur years later. Federal prosecutors

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Feb 2021

Victims of 2015 Listeria outbreak involving Blue Bell invited to follow Kruse case

Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court

Poultry price-fixing has thousands of victims, making it impossible to notify them individually or accord all of their rights contained in the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA). Department of Justice

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jul 2020

Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court

150-plus Peter Pan restitution claims possible in ConAgra case

Since a Salmonella Tennessee outbreak was traced to Peter Pan and certain Great Value peanut butters almost 10 years ago, the government has been looking for victims. That search has

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Mar 2016

Halal Beef Scheme Could Have Millions of Potential Victims in Asia

Ahead of the yet-to-be scheduled sentencing of the defendants, the government wants to be relieved of the burden of notifying individual victims of a scheme that altered and falsified the

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Nov 2015

All Five PCA Defendants to Hear Outbreak Victims’ Testimony

All five defendants charged in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal indictments will be together next week in federal court in Albany, GA, to hear victim testimony. According to

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Sep 2015

PCA Prosecutors Say Outbreak Victims are Crime Victims Under the Law

The victims of a foodborne outbreak are crime victims and their written statements and oral testimony should be heard at next week’s sentencing of Stewart and Michael Parnell and

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Sep 2015

Government Attorneys Call Wilkerson’s Claims ‘Vague and Baseless’

Government attorneys did not pull any punches when it came to hitting back at Mary Wilkerson and her court-appointed attorney on their latest defense motion to have her guilty verdict

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Sep 2015

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Crime Victims' Rights Act

Victims of 2015 Listeria outbreak involving Blue Bell invited to follow Kruse case

Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court

150-plus Peter Pan restitution claims possible in ConAgra case

Halal Beef Scheme Could Have Millions of Potential Victims in Asia

All Five PCA Defendants to Hear Outbreak Victims’ Testimony

PCA Prosecutors Say Outbreak Victims are Crime Victims Under the Law

Government Attorneys Call Wilkerson’s Claims ‘Vague and Baseless’

Your Support Protects Public Health