The Essex Victim-Witness Advocacy Office furnishes case information to victims through a series of letters. Victims of crime are provided with case information from the time the case is opened through sentencing. The Office also provides information about parole hearings and informs the victim when the defendant is released from prison. The following events generate automated case status notification letters, when and if they occur:

• New Cases: The Initial Contact letter informs victims that the case has been received. A Victim Impact Statement is solicited for the case screening process. Case screening determines whether a case stays in Superior Court or is remanded to Municipal Court.
• Pre-Grand Jury Remand (to Municipal Court)
• Administrative Dismissal
• Grand Jury Remand
• Grand Jury Dismissal ("no bill")
• Indictment Returned ("true bill")
• Acceptance into Pre-Trial Intervention Program (PTI)
• Termination from or Completion of Pre-Trial Intervention Program
• Negotiated Plea on all Charges
• Released on Bail/Conditions of Bail
• Fugitive Status
• Court dismissal
• Sentencing Date
• Sentence Imposed
• Parole Registry/ Parole Eligibility
• Mistrial/retrial
• Mistrial/dismissal
• Released from Prison/Expiration of Sentence/Furlough/Community Release Programs

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