Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (2026)
Written victim impact statements and victim impact statement videos
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The board shall accept and consider victim impact statements, including victim impact statement videos.
- (b) Written victim impact statements and victim impact statement videos are confidential and must not be made available to the public.
- (c) Assertions made in a victim impact statement may be investigated and verified by the board.
- (d) As used in this section, "victim" includes both victims and victim representatives, as those terms are defined in § 40-38-203.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 410, s 4, eff. 5/12/2021.
Acts 1993, ch. 336, § 4.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2022 · leading case: Daniels v. Traughber, 984 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998).
Daniels v. Traughber, 984 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “In the “Open Parole Hearing Act” of 1993 the legislature provided that the Parole Board shall receive and consider victim impact statements, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (a); that notice be given to the victim or the victim’s representative and to the trial judge and district…”
William W. York v. Tennessee Bd. Of Parole, 502 S.W.3d 783 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-28-504(a) (2012). Later, in 1998, voters approved an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution guaranteeing victims a variety of rights, including “[t]he right to be present at all proceedings where the defendant has the right to be present” and “[t]he right…”
Dean Smith v. Tennessee Bd. of Paroles (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (a) (“The board shall receive and consider victim impact statements.”
Rucker v. Purviance (M.D. Tenn. 2022). “at 12–14, 17–18), alleging that this combination produces the following results: 2 See Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (a) (effective Jan.”
Robert C. Daniels v. Charles Traughber, Tennessee Bd. of Paroles - Concurring (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “In the “Open Parole Hearings Act” of 1993 the legislature provided that the Parole Board shall receive and consider victim impact statements, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (a); that notice be given to the victim or the victim’s representative and to the trial judge and district…”
Robert C. Daniels v. Charles Traughber, Chairman, Tennessee Bd. of Paroles - Concurring (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “In the “Open Parole Hearings Act” of 1993 the legislature provided that the Parole Board shall receive and consider victim impact statements, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (a); that notice be given to the victim or the victim’s representative and to the trial judge and district…”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504(a) — 2 cases
Daniels v. Traughber, 984 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “In the “Open Parole Hearing Act” of 1993 the legislature provided that the Parole Board shall receive and consider victim impact statements, Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-504 (a); that notice be given to the victim or the victim’s representative and to the trial judge and district…”
William W. York v. Tennessee Bd. Of Parole, 502 S.W.3d 783 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “” Tenn.Code Ann. § 40-28-504(a) (2012). Later, in 1998, voters approved an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution guaranteeing victims a variety of rights, including “[t]he right to be present at all proceedings where the defendant has the right to be present” and “[t]he right…”
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