Thank you.
You talked about the system in Rome; it’s interesting.
I asked witnesses the same question. They told me that we must consider the fact that not all victims want to participate in the proceedings for a broad range of personal reasons.
I don’t know how it works in Rome, but how could we offer a victim the choice of participating or not in the proceedings, especially during plea bargaining? I don’t think that this is a bad thing, since we have to take a large number of factors into account. A trial is not always the best solution.
Would it be worthwhile, at the very least, for victims to have the opportunity to participate in the process if they want to, rather than be spectators and victimized again to a certain extent by a decision over which they had no control?