I think that as a victim what we're looking for is to be involved in the process and to have a sense as to what's going on, and to have been a part of the process. Nobody wants to create a rubric of rights that gets in the way of effective negotiation of a plea deal with the accused or whatever, so long as we've been reasonably involved throughout the process. I'm now speaking on behalf of all victims I guess, but in my case I would have been comfortable with having been apprised that there were discussions going on through the process. This would mean: here's what could happen on a go-forward basis; this was within the realm of possibility; what are your thoughts on this; here's where we're going potentially, and then have that happen. I'm not so fussed on there being a trigger event for that right of notification to kick in.
On November 18th, 2014. See this statement in context.