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The Illinois Family Institute sided with supporters of the amendment who said it would help enforce existing laws. [24] Opponents of Marsy's Law included House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois State Bar Association and defense attorneys (The Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys) . [1] [25] Currie said the proposal ...
The amendment added Article I, Section 8.1 to the Illinois Constitution of 1970, which read: Section 8.1: Crime Victim's Rights: a) Crime victims, as defined by law, shall have the following rights as provided by law: 1) The right to be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice process.
English: Marsys Law is dedicated to the cause of ensuring that crime victims rights are codified in law. When it passed in November 2008, Proposition 9, The Victims Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsys Law, became the strongest and most comprehensive Constitutional victims rights law in the U.S. and put California at the forefront of the national victims rights movement.
Prior to the passage of Marsy’s Law, named for Marsalee Ann Nicholas, a college student in California with Cincinnati ties who was killed by her former boyfriend, it was standard practice for ...
Marsy's Law is no doubt well-intentioned, but the courts and the legislature should give serious thought to the issues raised by the adoption of 2930.07. As Martin Luther King once said, "the time ...
The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion November 30 saying Marsy's Law does not grant ... "No such right is enumerated in the text of article I, section 16(b) of the Florida Constitution ...
Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008 general election, is an amendment to the state's constitution and certain penal code sections.
Western Circuit Judge Lawton Stephens ruled Monday that District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez violated a crime victim's rights.