A Victim Recognition Meeting is a meeting held to acknowledge the effects of the violent act on the victim and express the State's condolences.
A victim can request one meeting per application, regardless of whether the application has been varied.
Currently, related victims in homicide matters are eligible to request a Victim Recognition Meeting.
Victims will have the opportunity to present or read aloud a statement, document or other material which sets out the effects of the violent act and to discuss those effects with the facilitator. This material must be provided to and reviewed by the FAS prior to a meeting. Some materials, such as those that are overly graphic, include defamatory content or present legal concerns or risks, may be deemed unsuitable for use.
Anything said or done, or any document produced, at a victim recognition meeting is not admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding.
Victims have 10 years from the date of the final Notice of Decision to request a Victim Recognition Meeting.
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