"Victim's Rights - IC-35-40-5"
A victim has the right to:
- be treated with fairness, dignity, and respect throughout the criminal justice process;
- be informed, upon request, when their abuser is released from custody or has escaped;
- confer with a representative of the prosecuting attorney's office after a crime has been charged, before the trail, or before any disposition of a criminal case involving the victim;
- have the victim's safety considered in determining release from custody of a person accused of committing a crime against the victim;
- be heard at any proceeding involving sentencing or a post-conviction release decision;
- make a written or oral statement for use in preparation of the pre-sentence report;
- read pre-sentence reports, except those parts containing the source of confidential information, information about another victim or information determined confidential by the judge;
- be afforded a fair opportunity to respond to the material included in the pre-sentence report;
- pursue an order of restitution and other civil remedies against the person convicted;
- information upon request, about the disposition of the criminal case involving the victiml; and
- be informed of the victim's constitutional and statutory rights.
