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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.
The Marsy’s Law case made it to the Supreme Court after two unrelated incidents in which TPD officers shot and killed suspects who were armed and threatening them in 2020 — the same year that ...
Illinois' Marsy's Law was one of several efforts to expand Marsy's Law across the U.S. following its successful adoption in California. Voters in South Dakota [3] [4] and Montana [5] adopted their own versions of Marsy's Law in 2016, but the Montana measure was held unconstitutional by the Montana Supreme Court before it was implemented. [6]
Police closed access to Elm Street in front of Music Hall in Over-the-Rhine after an armed stabbing suspect was shot by officers on June 27. Citing Marsy's Law, the city has not released the names ...
As of October 2023, 17 states had passed Marsy's Law provisions. However, last November the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Marsy's Law does not guarantee anonymity for police officers or any victim.
Columbus police cited Ohio's version of Marsy's Law in denying The Dispatch's requests for records, including body camera footage, multiple times this year. The court has yet to rule on the complaint.
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 ...
"Marsy's Law guarantees to no victim—police officer or otherwise—the categorical right to withhold his or her name from disclosure," the Florida Supreme Court ruled.