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title: Victims Need a Voice - Ishaunna Gully-Bettis - Marsy's Law for Mississippi
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# [Victims Need a Voice - Ishaunna Gully-Bettis - Marsy's Law for Mississippi](https://ms.marsyslaw.us/latest-news/victims_need_a_voice_ishaunna_gully_bettis)

 Written by [Marsy's Law for Mississippi](https://ms.marsyslaw.us/latest-news/author/marsys-law-for-mississippi) | Jan 23, 2020

Ishaunna Gully-Bettis was left completely paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in her spinal cord by her ex-boyfriend March 23, 2002. In the criminal justice system, she felt pressured and wasn’t given an opportunity to understand the process.

 

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