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Update on Proposition 9

By Steven Rodriguez

Many Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys are up in arms over the chaos that an upcoming state proposition could cause if voters choose to pass it.  Proposition 9 would alter the state Constitution to require that crime victims be notified and consulted on developments in their cases. It would give them first claim on any restitution to be collected from offenders, and it would force prosecutors to take their opinions into account. The measure, known as Marsy’s Law and the Victims’ Bill of Rights of 2008, also would make the state criminal justice system tougher in ways that critics, such as Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley, say could violate prisoners’ constitutional rights. Ex-convicts accused of violating parole would lose their right to a lawyer provided by the state...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on October 24, 2008 (boomark / email).