It doesn't sound right. There are definitely areas that are inappropriate to be included in the victim impact statement, and there is lots of case law that deals with that. In my experience in court, there is very little if no editing or cross-examination—although it can be done, I've never seen it done—on a victim impact statement. I've seen a lot of things that the courts have said are inappropriate in victim impact statements, but nonetheless, they're included, and then the court does their appropriate job in exercising their discretion in, not condoning, but also not including as factors those comments in the ultimate decision on sentence.
On September 29th, 2016. See this statement in context.