Victims' Rights

ARGUMENT AGAINST A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING VICTIMS' RIGHTS

Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) has worked for nearly 10 years to bring about a constitutional amendment that would formally give victims of crime in the United States certain rights. Unable to secure the necessary 67 votes in the Senate to accomplish this, she refocused her strategy to a statute that would offer similar rights (Rabinowitz, 2004). This research considers the issues surrounding a victims' rights constitutional amendment, and concludes that such an amendment is not appropriate.

The issue of victims' rights centers on the fact that while the constitution provides specific rights to those accused of crimes (due process, for example), there are no provisions fo

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