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CA: Press Release from Pro Prop 9 Orgnaizers which passed- harsher parole- more power to "victims rights "

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

PRESS RELEASE California Voters Pass Historic Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008 Prop. 9 Gives Victims in California Unprecedented Constitutional Rights Last update: 12:26 p.m. EST Nov. 5, 2008 SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov 05, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Crime Victims throughout California celebrated the historic passage of Proposition 9: The Crime Victims' Bill of Rights of 2008. Proposition 9 is a constitutional amendment that gives crime victims 17 enumerated rights in the California Constitution. "This is a historic moment for all crime victims throughout our state and nation," said Harriet Salarno, mother of homicide victim Catina Salarno and President and Founder of Crime Victims United of California. "California voters have acknowledged the need for crime victims to be fully recognized in our criminal justice system...continue to full post

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