We, the
Comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP, do understand that not every murderers get
sentence to death. However, we do support other Victims’ Rights Law, Marsy’s
Law is one of them. This is a good victims’ rights law for those victims’
families whose loved ones’ killers were only sentenced to imprisonment.
Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, is
an Amendment to the state's Constitution and certain Penal Code sections
enacted by voters through the initiative process in the November 2008 general
election. The Act protects and expands the legal rights of victims of crime to
include 17 rights in the judicial process, including the right to legal
standing, protection from the defendant, notification of all court proceedings,
and restitution, as well as granting parole boards far greater powers to deny
inmates parole.
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SOURCE: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Victim_Services/Marsys_Law.html
Victim's Bill of Rights 2009: Marsy's Law
Statewide & National Resources
On
November 4, 2008, the People of the State of California approved Proposition 9,
the Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008: Marsy's Law. This measure amended the
California Constitution to provide additional rights to victims. This card
contains specific sections of the Victims' Bill of Rights and resources. Crime
victims may obtain additional information regarding Marsy's Law and local
Victim Witness Assistance Center information by contacting the Attorney
General's Victim Services Unit at 1-877-433-9069.
Marsy's
Law also amended California Penal Code sections 3041.5 and 3043 in regards to
lifer Parole Suitability Hearings. Click here for
more information regarding these changes.
California Constitution, Article I, Section 28(b)
(b)
In order to preserve and protect a victim's rights to justice and due process,
a victim shall be entitled to the following rights:
(1)
To be treated with fairness and respect for his or her privacy and dignity, and
to be free from intimidation, harassment, and abuse, throughout the criminal or
juvenile justice process.
(2)
To be reasonably protected from the defendant and persons acting on behalf of
the defendant.
(3)
To have the safety of the victim and the victim's family considered in fixing
the amount of bail and release conditions for the defendant.
(4)
To prevent the disclosure of confidential information or records to the defendant,
the defendant's attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the
defendant, which could be used to locate or harass the victim or the victim's
family or which disclose confidential communications made in the course of
medical or counseling treatment, or which are otherwise privileged or
confidential by law.
(5)
To refuse an interview, deposition, or discovery request by the defendant, the
defendant's attorney, or any other person acting on behalf of the defendant,
and to set reasonable conditions on the conduct of any such interview to which
the victim consents.
(6)
To reasonable notice of and to reasonably confer with the prosecuting agency,
upon request, regarding, the arrest of the defendant if known by the
prosecutor, the charges filed, the determination whether to extradite the
defendant, and, upon request, to be notified of and informed before any
pretrial disposition of the case.
(7)
To reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency
proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are
entitled to be present and of all parole or other post-conviction release
proceedings, and to be present at all such proceedings.
(8)
To be heard, upon request, at any proceeding, including any delinquency
proceeding, involving a post-arrest release decision, plea, sentencing,
post-conviction release decision, or any proceeding in which a right of the
victim is at issue.
(9)
To a speedy trial and a prompt and final conclusion of the case and any related
post-judgment proceedings.
(10)
To provide information to a probation department official conducting a
presentence investigation concerning the impact of the offense on the victim
and the victim's family and any sentencing recommendations before the
sentencing of the defendant.
(11)
To receive, upon request, the pre-sentence report when available to the
defendant, except for those portions made confidential by law.
(12)
To be informed, upon request, of the conviction, sentence, place and time of incarceration,
or other disposition of the defendant, the scheduled release date of the
defendant, and the release of or the escape by the defendant from custody.
(13)
To restitution.
(A)
It is the unequivocal intention of the People of the State of California that
all persons who suffer losses as a result of criminal activity shall have the
right to seek and secure restitution from the persons convicted of the crimes
causing the losses they suffer.
(B)
Restitution shall be ordered from the convicted wrongdoer in every case,
regardless of the sentence or disposition imposed, in which a crime victim
suffers a loss.
(C)
All monetary payments, monies, and property collected from any person who has
been ordered to make restitution shall be first applied to pay the amounts
ordered as restitution to the victim.
(14)
To the prompt return of property when no longer needed as evidence.
(15)
To be informed of all parole procedures, to participate in the parole process,
to provide information to the parole authority to be considered before the
parole of the offender, and to be notified, upon request, of the parole or
other release of the offender.
(16)
To have the safety of the victim, the victim's family, and the general public
considered before any parole or other post-judgment release decision is made.
(17)
To be informed of the rights enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (16).
PLEASE
CHECK THIS VIDEO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MARSY’S LAW:
VIDEO SOURCE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_HfiZcDeo
UNIT 1012
PRESENTS THIS SONG CALL ‘BEST FRIEND’ BY JAPANESE POP GROUP, SMAP TO SHOW
VICTIMS’ FAMILIES THAT WE CARE FOR THEM WITH OUR LOYAL COMRADES:
Friends of Marsy’s Law (PHOTO
SOURCE: http://digital.library.ucla.edu/websites/2008_993_113/index.htm)
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