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title: Marsy's Law for Mississippi Kicks Off Statewide Campaign - Marsy's Law for Mississippi
description: "PHILADELPHIA, MISS.: On Thursday, August 1, Speaker Philip Gunn will bejoined by elected officials and victims’ rights advocates to forma..."
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# [Marsy's Law for Mississippi Kicks Off Statewide Campaign - Marsy's Law for Mississippi](https://ms.marsyslaw.us/latest-news/statewide_campaign)

 Written by [Marsy's Law for Mississippi](https://ms.marsyslaw.us/latest-news/author/marsys-law-for-mississippi) | Sep 25, 2019

PHILADELPHIA, MISS.: On Thursday, August 1, Speaker Philip Gunn will be  
joined by elected officials and victims’ rights advocates to formally kick off the  
statewide campaign for Marsy’s Law for Mississippi at the Neshoba County  
Fair, Cabin 211, at 12:40 p.m.

The proposed constitutional amendment, once passed by the legislature and  
approved by the voters, would ensure that crime victims and their families  
are provided with the same level of equal, or “co-equal”, constitutional rights  
as those afforded and guaranteed to the accused or convicted.  
Included in the overall effort to re-inject the voice of the victim into court  
proceedings, passage of Marsy’s Law for Mississippi would grant enforceable  
rights to crime victims and their families. These rights include the right to be  
treated with respect, fairness, and dignity throughout the criminal justice  
process; the right to information about the rights and services available to  
crime victims; the right to notification of proceedings in a timely manner; the  
right to information about the rights and services available to crime victims;  
the right to be present at court proceedings; the right to provide input to a  
prosecutor before a plea deal is struck; the right to be heard at please or  
sentence proceedings; and the right to restitution.  
“We want to ensure that victims of crime are not let down by our justice  
system,” says Gunn. “My goal is to help Mississippi’s crime victims achieve  
both justice and restoration and to feel heard throughout the legal process.”

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Marsy’s Law is named after Marsalee (Marsy) Ann Nicholas, who was stalked  
and killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1983. A week after her murder, Marsy’s  
mother was confronted by her daughter’s murderer in a grocery store.  
Having received no notification from the judicial system, the family was  
unaware that he had been released on bail mere days after the murder.  
Marsy’s family, and others, have faced pain and suffering since the courts and  
law enforcement are not obligated to keep them informed.  
While criminals have more than 20 individual rights spelled out in the U.S.  
Constitution, the surviving family members of murder victims have none.  
Marsy’s Law for All seeks to amend the Mississippi constitution to ensure that  
crime victims have the same co-equal rights as the accused and convicted.  
Victims and advocates interested in sharing their stories can email mississippi@marsyslaw.us

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