NJ A4199

Grants courts discretion to allow non-victims with close personal relationships to the victim (such as teachers, coaches, or friends) to make in-person impact statements at sentencing hearings, including survivors of homicide victims

Expands victim and witness rights to be present and testify at post-adjudication hearings for sex offenders seeking relief from registration requirements after 15 years

Permits victims to attend and provide testimony at hearings to determine a sex offender's risk of reoffense upon release from incarceration

Allows victim presence at "Krol hearings" where courts determine whether a person acquitted by reason of insanity should be civilly committed

Courts retain authority to exclude victims from these civil hearings if their presence would unreasonably invade the offender's privacy rights