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Kentucky voters embrace Marsy's Law

By Deborah Yetter, Louisville Courier Journal

A measure meant to give crime victims the same rights as the accused perpetrators passed Tuesday, making Kentucky one of a handful of states to adopt a law pushed by the brother of a California college student who was murdered in 1983. Known as Marsy's Law, the measure would amend the state constitution to give crime victims legal protection equal to defendants in criminal cases.

But it won't take effect right away -- if at all -- in light of a recent court ruling that the wording of the measure is too vague and fails to adequately describe its impact on the state constitution.

Read the full article at courier-journal.com




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