For the second time in two years, Kentuckians may get the chance to vote on a constitutional amendment called “Marsy’s Law” that would create a bill of rights for crime victims.
Kentucky voters approved the law in 2018, with 63 percent supporting it, but the Kentucky Supreme Court voided the vote, ruling that the question on the ballot was too vague. The entire text of the amendment should have been on the ballot, they said.
Sen. Whitney Westerfield, a Republican from Hopkinsville, reintroduced the measure in this year’s General Assembly as Senate Bill 15 and the Senate signed off on it Tuesday on a vote of 31-6, with one pass. Some senators voiced concern that protections for crime victims should be addressed in statutes and not the Kentucky Constitution.
(Cross-posted via the Kentucky Press News Service. Read the rest of the article at the Herald-Leader.)
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