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Senate Joint Resolution 1
NVCAP General Counsel Steve Twist has prepared a point-by-point rebuttal to frequent objections made by opponents of the Crime Victims Rights Amendment. Click here to read this comprehensive analysis and refutation of the reasons put forth by the organizations that have publicly opposed adoption of permanent, fundamental rights for crime victims in the U.S. Constitution, including his response to the minority views of the Senators on the Senate Judiciary opposed to the amendment.

Senate Joint Resolution 35
Counterpoint: NOVA Executive Director Marlene Young and Deputy Director John Stein respond to a “Briefing on Victims’ Rights Amendment” Hosted by the CATO Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union. Available in the following formats: [HTML][Word][PDF]
Racial Minorities for Victim Justice endorse Senate Joint Resolution 3: "...no one in our society stands to benefit more from adoption of the Victim Rights’ Amendment than people of color – for it is our people who suffer the highest rates of victimization in the Nation." [HTML][Word][PDF]
Point/Counterpoint:
READ NOVA Newsletters' thorough analysis of recent developments. Recent column by Profs. Laurence Tribe and Paul Cassell.
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