Lawmakers behind a proposed state constitutional amendment aimed at giving crime victims more say in criminal prosecutions have put forward a number of changes that authors say will avoid slowing the criminal justice process.
Stories Related to Lawmakers Seek To Tweak Proposed Constitutional Amendment For Victims' Rights
MOLLY BECK mbeck@madison.com, Wisconsin State Journal
Mon, 07/24/2017 - 2:53pm
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