Missouri Laws 595.210 – Victims of sexually violent offenses, right to testify at parole hearings
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 595.210
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
Any victim of a sexually violent offense, as defined in section 632.480, shall have the right to testify at any parole hearing scheduled for the sexually violent predator, as defined in section 632.480, who victimized such person, provided that the sexually violent predator is being considered for parole from imprisonment for a crime which arose out of such sexually violent predator’s escape or attempted escape from commitment as a sexually violent predator under chapter 632. Such crimes shall not be limited to the crimes of escape or attempted escape, but shall include any crime which was committed during the course of the sexually violent predator’s escape or attempted escape from commitment as a sexually violent predator.