New Jersey Crime Victims’ Law Center
Amicus Curiae
Richard D. Pompelio, Counsel of Record The New Jersey Crime Victims’ Law Center is a nonprofit legal advocacy center devoted to providing pro bono legal assistance to crime victims and litigating issues that affect the rights of crime victims. Richard Pompelio founded the center in 1992 and serves as its executive director. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 22, 2006."[W]hen a defendant chooses to kill, or to raise the risk of a victim’s death, this choice necessarily relates to a whole human being and threatens…
