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[CITE: 18USC3510]

 
                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                   CHAPTER 223--WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
 
Sec. 3510. Rights of victims to attend and observe trial

    (a) Non-Capital Cases.--Notwithstanding any statute, rule, or other 
provision of law, a United States district court shall not order any 
victim of an offense excluded from the trial of a defendant accused of 
that offense because such victim may, during the sentencing hearing, 
make a statement or present any information in relation to the sentence.
    (b) Capital Cases.--Notwithstanding any statute, rule, or other 
provision of law, a United States district court shall not order any 
victim of an offense excluded from the trial of a defendant accused of 
that offense because such victim may, during the sentencing hearing, 
testify as to the effect of the offen