Assertion: victim's right | /r/HasProperty | informed
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text: About Victims' Rights GENERAL OVERVIEW Introduction Thirty years ago, victims had few legal rights to be informed, present, and heard within the criminal justice system.
text: (At the present time, 14 states have enacted constitutional amendments that guarantee crime victims the right to be informed, present and heard, and three additional states have similar constitutional amendments currently pending on their ballots.);
text: This accountability includes the right to be informed, present, and most important, to be heard.
text: The Florida Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights specifies that “Victims of crime or their lawful representatives, including the next of kin of homicide victims, are entitled to the right to be informed, to be present, and to be heard when relevant, at all crucial stages of criminal proceedings, to the extent that these rights do not interfere with the constitutional rights of the accused.