Crime Victims Rights & Responsibilities
The Crime Victim Services Section of the Ohio Attorney General's Office has developed an excellent booklet about victims rights, available both on-line and in print.
Topics include:
-special rights of sexual assault victims (including the right to have offenders tested for sexually transmitted infections)
-your right to receive current information about the criminal investigation
-your right to be free from intimidation
-your right to information from the prosecutor
-your right to make a statement at sentencing and receive sentencing information
-your right to receive information about the offender's incarceration and parole status
NOTE: If you have trouble downloading the
on-line version of this document below, we can send you a print copy of the
booklet. You can request one by calling Becky Perkins, Rape Crisis
Program Assistant Director, at (513)523-4149.
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