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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.
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.
On November 30, 1983, Marcella Leach's daughter Marsalee Ann (Marsy) Nicholas was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, Kerry Michael Conley. [4] Marsy, then 21, was a senior at UC Santa Barbara and had come home to Pt. Dume, Ca., for Thanksgiving [5] when Conley, with whom she had broken up, shot her.
Marsy’s Law provides victims with clear and enforceable rights on the same constitutional level as those of the accused. These rights include the right to be notified of all criminal proceedings ...
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 ...
When Florida voters approved Marsy’s Law four years ago, the intention was to protect crime victims’ privacy and prevent them from being further victimized. But some law enforcement agencies ...
The Victim's Bill of Rights added Section 28 to Article 1 of the constitution. This section has since been substantially added to and amended by Marsy's Law, enacted in 2008. Section 28 granted victims of crime the right to restitution from the perpetrator unless there were "compelling and extraordinary reasons" to the contrary. It also ...
Western Circuit Judge Lawton Stephens ruled Monday that District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez violated a crime victim's rights.