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(b) To privacy.
(c) To proceedings free from unreasonable delay.
(d) To timely disposition of the case; the opportunity to attend court,
free from unreasonable delay.
(e) Upon request, to attend all proceedings unless the trial court
finds sequestration is necessary to a fair trial for the defendant;
involving
the case.
(f) To reasonable protection from the accused throughout the
criminal and juvenile justice process;.
(g) Upon request, to reasonable and timely notification of court
proceedings; the opportunity to.
(h) Upon request, to confer with the prosecution; the opportunity to
make a statement to the court at disposition;
attorney for the government.
(i) Upon request, to be heard in any proceeding during which a right
of the victim is implicated, including release, plea, sentencing,
disposition, parole, revocation, expungement, or pardon.
(j) To have information pertaining to the economic, physical, and
psychological effect upon the victim of the offense submitted to the
authority with jurisdiction over the case and to have that information
considered by that authority.
(k) Upon request, to timely notice of any release or escape of the
accused or death of the accused if the accused is in custody or on
supervision at the time of death.
(L) To refuse an interview, deposition, or other discovery request
made by the accused or any person acting on behalf of the accused.
(m) To full restitution; from any person who has been ordered to pay
restitution to the victim and to be provided with assistance collecting
restitution.
(n) To compensation; and as provided by law.
(o) Upon request, to reasonable and timely information about the
status of the investigation and
the outcome of the case and the release of
the accused
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(p) To timely notice about all rights under this section and all other
rights, privileges, or protections of the victim provided by law, including
how such rights, privileges, or protections are enforced.
(3) Except as provided under sub. (2) (n), all provisions of this section
are self-executing.
The legislature shall provide may prescribe further
remedies for the violation of this section. Nothing in this section, or in any
statute enacted pursuant to this section, shall limit any right of the
accused which may be provided by law.
and further procedures for
compliance with and enforcement of this section.
SJR2,2 Section 2 . Section 9m (1) of article I of the constitution is created
to read:
[Article I] Section 9m (1) (a) In this section, notwithstanding any
statutory right, privilege, or protection, “victim” means any of the
following:
1. A person against whom an act is committed that would constitute
a crime if committed by a competent adult.
2. If the person under subd. 1. is deceased or is physically or
emotionally unable to exercise his or her rights under this section, the
person's spouse, parent or legal guardian, sibling, child, person who
resided with the deceased at the time of death, or other lawful
representative.
3. If the person under subd. 1. is a minor, the person's parent, legal
guardian or custodian, or other lawful representative.
4. If the person under subd. 1. is adjudicated incompetent, the
person's legal guardian or other lawful representative.
(b) “Victim” does not include the accused or a person who the court
finds would not act in the best interests of a victim who is deceased,
incompetent, a minor, or physically or emotionally unable to exercise his
or her rights under this section.
SJR2,3 Section 3 . Section 9m (4) of article I of the constitution is created
to read:
[Article I] Section 9m (4) (a) In addition to any other available
enforcement of rights or remedy for a violation of this section or of other
rights, privileges, or protections provided by law, the victim, the victim's
attorney or other lawful representative, or the attorney for the
government upon request of the victim may assert and seek in any circuit
court or before any other authority of competent jurisdiction, enforcement
of the rights in this section and any other right, privilege, or protection
afforded to the victim by law. The court or other authority with
jurisdiction over the case shall act promptly on such a request and afford
a remedy for the violation of any right of the victim. The court or other
authority with jurisdiction over the case shall clearly state on the record
the reasons for any decision regarding the disposition of a victim's right

and shall provide those reasons to the victim or the victim's attorney or
other lawful representative.
(b) Victims may obtain review of all adverse decisions concerning
their rights as victims by courts or other authorities with jurisdiction
under par. (a) by filing petitions for supervisory writ in the court of appeals
and supreme court.
SJR2,4 Section 4 . Section 9m (5) of article I of the constitution is created
to read:
[Article I] Section 9m (5) This section does not create any cause of
action for damages against the state; any political subdivision of the state;
any officer, employee, or agent of the state or a political subdivision of the
state acting in his or her official capacity; or any officer, employee, or agent
of the courts acting in his or her official capacity.
SJR2,5 Section 5 . Section 9m (6) of article I of the constitution is created
to read:
[Article I] Section 9m (6) This section is not intended and may not
be interpreted to supersede a defendant's federal constitutional rights or
to afford party status in a proceeding to any victim.
SJR2,6 Section 6. Numbering of new provisions. If another
constitutional amendment ratified by the people creates the number of
any provision created in this joint resolution, the chief of the legislative
reference bureau shall determine the sequencing and the numbering of
the provisions whose numbers conflict.
SJR2,5,8 1Now, therefore, be it resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring,
2That
the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the 2019
3legislature; and, be it further
  4Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be
5submitted to a vote of the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday in April
62019; and, be it further
  7Resolved, That the question concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed
8amendment to the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
SJR2,6,3 9Question 1:Additional rights of crime victims. Shall section 9m of article
10I of the constitution, which gives certain rights to crime victims, be amended to give
11crime victims additional rights, to require that the rights of crime victims be

1protected with equal force to the protections afforded the accused while leaving the
2federal constitutional rights of the accused intact, and to allow crime victims to
3enforce their rights in court?"
SJR2,6,44 (End)
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