What is the significance of the 2008 sealed NPA being kept from victims?

The most legally significant aspect of the 2008 NPA may be that it was explicitly kept secret from victims. The agreement included a provision that the government would not notify victims of the deal. This was a direct violation of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, which requires prosecutors to inform crime victims of plea or similar agreements and give them the right to be heard. Victims like Courtney Wild and others later testified that if they had known about the NPA before it was finalized, they would have tried to challenge it. Judge Marra’s 2019 ruling confirmed the secrecy provision was illegalbut the remedy was limited because the agreement had been in place for a decade.