{"id":19149,"date":"2020-04-01T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=19149"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:40:53","slug":"wisconsin-primary-marsys-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wisconsin-primary-marsys-law\/","title":{"rendered":"So what the hell is “Marsy’s Law,” anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a lot to worry about right now. COVID-19 is ripping through America, unemployment is soaring, and soon healthy folks will have to put on their \u201cgoing out sweatpants\u201d and head to the polls.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin primary election is still scheduled for April 7<\/a>, and a lot is at stake. There\u2019s a contentious Democratic presidential primary<\/a><\/strong>, and voters will also make a choice for state Supreme Court<\/strong><\/a>. Add in local contests for school and county boards and a confusing referendum and it\u2019s a lot to process given the existential circumstances.<\/p>\n

Over the next couple days, let\u2019s look at what\u2019s on the ballot. Next up:<\/span>\n

Marsy\u2019s Law<\/h2>\n

Buried at the bottom of the ballot is a question with murky phrasing about a possible amendment to the state constitution that has huge consequences.<\/p>\n

Part of a nationwide push spearheaded by a California billionaire<\/a>, the Marsy\u2019s Law<\/strong> referendum is presented as a way to cement rights for crime victims. This sounds good on paper but it\u2019s actually much more problematic. Sure, the core tenets of privacy, dignity and sensitivity for victims are reasonable. We can all agree on that, right? But the proposal fails to clearly define privacy, which could lead to serious problems.<\/p>\n

Under Marsy\u2019s Law, plaintiffs could use their right to privacy<\/a> to decline to provide evidence about the accused. This would make it difficult to defend people who are falsely accused of a crime, obscuring their presumption of innocence. It\u2019s almost like a legal gateway to obstruction of justice. And speaking of, police officers in Florida and Ohio have used Marsy\u2019s Law to cover their asses<\/a> after on-the-job shootings. All in all it\u2019s like dropping a nuclear bomb on the concept of due process<\/a>, seriously hampering a defendant\u2019s right to a fair trial.<\/p>\n

Or as Making a Murderer <\/em>defense attorney Jerome Buting put it in 2017<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be looking for ways to reduce the number of wrongful convictions in the first place, not enshrining constitutional provisions which may only hinder justice by depriving a defendant of access to critical information pretrial that may show the complaining witness to be mistaken or perhaps fabricating a complaint.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marsy\u2019s Law has been adopted by other states to mixed results; Montana went as far as to strike it down entirely<\/a>. But here in the Badger State, it\u2019s already been approved<\/a> by the state Senate and Assembly, and now the public gets the final say. I would urge you to vote \u201cno\u201d (even if Frasier thinks you should vote \u201cyes\u201d<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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