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Marsy's Law in action. We told you this would happen. You were warned. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 OP
Interesting stuff. A California constitutional amendment Glorfindel Jun 2022 #1
In case they are still confused, this is a case of real censorship Walleye Jun 2022 #2
They are all for transparency.... until it's time for THEM to be transparent... TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #3
Prior restraint. That's a no-no. rsdsharp Jun 2022 #4
Florida and Texas are 2 republican states that have already gone full on nazi. BComplex Jun 2022 #5

Glorfindel

(9,931 posts)
1. Interesting stuff. A California constitutional amendment
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 04:13 PM
Jun 2022

spreading to the rest of the country. I had never heard of it, actually. Thanks for pointing out the unintended consequences.

"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 a controversial amendment to the state's constitution and certain penal code sections. 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. Critics allege that the law unconstitutionally restricts defendant's rights, by allowing prosecutors to withhold exculpatory evidence under certain circumstances, and harms victims by restricting their rights to discovery, depositions, and interviews. Passage of this law in California has led to the passage of similar laws in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio and Wisconsin, and efforts to pass similar laws in Hawaii, Iowa, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, and Pennsylvania. In November 2017, Marsy's Law was found to be unconstitutional and void in its entirety by the Supreme Court of Montana for violating that state's procedure for amending the Montana Constitution."

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)
3. They are all for transparency.... until it's time for THEM to be transparent...
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 04:32 PM
Jun 2022

Then everything is a big fucking State secret where people's lives are on the line.

BComplex

(9,114 posts)
5. Florida and Texas are 2 republican states that have already gone full on nazi.
Wed Jun 15, 2022, 05:52 PM
Jun 2022

They are trying to lead the pack on turning the country into a fascist state.

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