KENTUCKY (WHAS11) – Marsy’s Law for Kentucky is petitioning the state Supreme Court for a rehearing of the 2018 constitutional amendment case after a judge ruled it invalid this year.
The amendment is supposed to guarantee equal rights for crime victims during the prosecution process, like having access to updated information on their case and the right to be included in every court proceeding.
The Kentucky chapter is requesting the court to direct the 2018 Marsy’s Law ballot question be put on the 2020 ballot and full text of the proposed amendment be made available to each voter at their precinct.
The state Supreme Court ruled the constitution requires the entirety of a proposed amendment be on the ballot.
“The decision has ignited a chorus of questions about the practicality of putting the entire text of a proposed amendment on the ballot and created uncertainty about the process by which the citizens of the Commonwealth and their elected representatives in Frankfort may amend the state’s constitution,” according to a statement released by Marsy’s Law for Kentucky.
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Marsy’s law would not take effect earlier in June because of how it was submitted, and the wording was too vague for the 2018 ballots.
The wording on the Kentucky ballot does not include the phrase "Marsy's Law".
Here's what voters see on see on the ballot:
"Shall the Constitution of Kentucky be amended so as to provide certain rights to victims against whom a crime has allegedly been perpetrated and allow victims to assert such rights?"
Kentucky voters had voted 63% in favor of the law.
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