ICYMI: “Victims Deserve Equal Protection, Voice In Our Justice System”
Victims’ rights will be at the forefront this week (April 19-25) as the nation recognizes National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho also issued a proclamation to honor Crime Victims’ Rights Week and…
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: Marci Lopes
Should crime victims have a bill of rights? Many states have already said yes to that question and passed what’s known as Marsy’s law, named for the victim of a violent crime in California. But…
ICYMI: “County Marks Crime Victims Week”
Victims’ rights advocates on Wednesday joined Kauai Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. and the Kauai County Council at the Historic County Building for a proclamation ceremony to mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which kicks…
Marcella Leach Dies At 85; Advocate For Marsy’s Law On Victims’ Rights
Marcella Leach, who became a leading advocate for crime victims’ rights after the brutal murder of her college-student daughter, died March 15 at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange. She was 85. The cause was…
ICYMI: “Hawaii Crime Victims’ Bill Of Rights Deferred Another Year”
Theresa Paulette’s son was killed by a drunk driver 22 years ago. “I was immediately thrown into the unfamiliar world of the ‘criminal justice system’ and left to navigate it on my own,” Paulette said….
ICYMI: “Victims Of Crime Want Rights Stated In Hawaii Constitution”
Karlotta Carvalho said she was a student at the University of Hawaii when she was awakened by a large shadow hovering over her bed in the middle of the night. At first, she thought it…
ICYMI: “Hawaii Lawmakers Consider Crime Victims’ Right-To-Know Bill”
Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill that gives victims of crime the right to know more information about their attackers instead of being left in the dark. It’s based on the California Victims’ Bill of…
ICYMI: “Advocates For Crime Victims Call For Enactment Of Marsy’s Law”
Nonohe Bothelo used to help crime victims in her job at the City Prosecutors Office– before her son Joel became a victim. The Kaneohe mother is now a member of a group called Parents of…
Justice For Victims
A man charged with 10 counts of murder in the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings was given a June trial date after anguished family members of the victims told a judge Friday they were tired of…
Sheriff’s Deputies Do Their Job, Supply Victim With Marsy’s Law Information
A Glenn County man has been arrested for allegedly punching a 12-year-old boy, leaving the scene while drunk and then returning to the scene where he struck and strangled his ex-wife. According to the Glenn…
Family Of Murdered Priest Using Marsy’s Law
The murder trial of the man accused in the brutal killing of a beloved Eureka Catholic priest in the St. Bernard Catholic Church rectory on New Year’s Day was set for the end of January…
Parole Denied, Reconsideration Won’t Occur Until 2017 Pursuant To Marsy’s Law
A convicted murderer in a 1975 American Canyon case was denied parole last week, according to a Napa County District Attorney press release Tuesday. Lafayette Collins, 62, was denied parole after a Thursday hearing at…
Marsy’s Law is named after Marsalee “Marsy” Nicholas. Marsy was stalked and killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1983.
Dr. Nicholas has made it his mission to give victims and their families across the country constitutional protections.