Justice Department Requests Public Release of Detainee Decision:  At Blog of Legal Times, Marcia Coyle reports that the Justice Department has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to unseal its January decision in Djamel Ameziane v. Barack Obama, et al.  Yesterday, a three judge panel rejected the government's motion.  Two of the judges, Judges Thomas Griffith and Janice Rogers Brown, voted to deny the government's motion, and Judge Douglas Ginsburg voted to publish a redacted version.  Since the D.C. Court of Appeals' decision is under seal, the facts of Ameziane are few and far between.  Coyle was able to piece together some information from a press release prepared by The Center for Constitutional Rights, which has filed briefs on Ameziane's behalf.  That release states  Mr. Ameziane has never been alleged by the U.S. government to have engaged in any acts of terrorism or hostilities," even though he has been at Guantánamo since 2002.

Due Process for Victims:  At CrimProf Blog, Kevin Cole reports that on June 10 and 11th, the National Crime Victim Law Institute will hold its Ninth Annual conference on due process for victims in Portland, Oregon.  The conference program indicates that the conference will include several sessions addressing a victim's right to be heard.  These include: a roundtable discussion on a victim's rights during plea bargaining; A Victim's Right to Be Heard: A Legal and Psychological Analysis of this Critical Right; and How Victim Voice Can Impact the System.  One example of how a victim (or potential victims') voice can impact the system can be found in Kathryn Casey's Women in Crime Ink post, which asks readers to help stop a convicted rapist from receiving parole.