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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.
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]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Michael L. Fell is a California criminal lawyer and former prosecutor, who concentrates in representing victims under Marsy's Law, the state constitutional amendment [1] that guarantees legal rights for victims of crime. He is the founder of Justice 4 Crime Victims (J4CV), representing crime victims and their families during the criminal ...
Citing Marsy’s Law – an amendment to the state’s constitution designed to provide privacy and other rights to crime victims – the Cincinnati Police Department denied a request from The ...
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 ...