This week, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments for Payne v. Tennessee. The justices are being asked to decide if testimony about the victim should be admitted in court. In this particular case, a convicted murderer argued that his death sentence was imposed arbitrarily by a jury that was swayed by the emotional testimonies of the victim’s relatives. He also said that statements by the prosecutors about the victim’s family prejudiced the jury. Attorneys involved in the case were interviewed outside the Supreme Court. Attorney General Thornburgh was also interviewed, and he spoke about the significance of “victims' rights” to the Bush administration, mentioning that it was “National Victims' Rights Week.”