What Are My Rights?

You have the right to decide whether or not you want to report the assault to the police. You have the right to have your conversations with a sexual assault counselors and advocates remain confidential and not be used in court, unless you give permission for them to be used. If you are involved in a court case, you have the right to have your name and address remain confidential from people not involved in your case and released only by order of the court. You have the right not to have your name, address or phone number disclosed in the court room during any court proceeding involving the prosecution of your case. You have the right not to have your present or past sexual conduct brought up during a trial involving your case unless a court, after a hearing, decides that it is strongly related the trial.

Crime victims and their families have the right to: be treated with fairness and respect throughout the criminal justice process; have the case heard and resolved in a fair and reasonable amount of time; be reasonably protected from the offender throughout the criminal justice process; receive notification of court proceedings; attend the trial and all other court proceedings; communicate with the prosecution; have the opportunity to support or disagree with any agreement between the prosecutor and the offender about the charges and sentence, and to make a statement to the court before it accepts the agreement; make a statement to the court at sentencing; be given information about the arrest, conviction, sentence, imprisonment and release of the offender; restitution.