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-Section 25.
-. To preserve and protect the right of crime victims to justice, to ensure crime victims a
-meaningful role throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and to ensure
-that  crime  victims'  rights  and  interests  are  respected  and  protected  by  law in  a
-manner no less vigorous than the protections afforded to criminal defendants and
-delinquent children, all victims shall be entitled to the following rights, beginning at
-the time of their victimization:
-a. The right to be treated with fairness and respect for the victim's dignity.
-b. The right to be free from intimidation, harassment, and abuse.
-c. The right to be reasonably protected from the accused and any person acting on
-behalf of the accused.
-d. The right to have the safety and welfare of the victim and the victim's family
-considered when setting bail or making release decisions.
-e. The right to prevent the disclosure of information or records that could be used
-to locate or  harass the victim or  the victim's  family,  or  which could  disclose
-confidential or privileged information about the victim, and to be notified of any
-request for such information or records.
-f. The right to privacy, which includes the right to refuse an interview, deposition,
-or other discovery request made by the defendant, the defendant's attorney, or
-any person acting on behalf of the defendant, and to set reasonable conditions
-on the conduct of any such interaction to which the victim consents. Nothing in
-this  section  shall  abrogate  a  defendant's  sixth  amendment  rights  under  the
-Constitution of the United States nor diminish the state's disclosure obligations
-to a defendant.
-g. The right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of, and to be present at, all
-proceedings  involving  the  criminal  or  delinquent  conduct,  including  release,
-plea,  sentencing,  adjudication,  and  disposition,  and  any  proceeding  during
-which a right of the victim is implicated.
-h. The right to be promptly notified of any release or escape of the accused.
-i. The right  to be heard in any proceeding involving release,  plea,  sentencing,
-adjudication, disposition, or parole, and any proceeding during which a right of
-the victim is implicated.
-j. The right, upon request, to confer with the attorney for the government.
-k. The right to provide information regarding the impact of the offender's conduct
-on the victim and the victim's family to the individual responsible for conducting
-any  presentence  or  disposition  investigation  or  compiling  any  presentence
-investigation  report  or  recommendation  regarding,  and  to  have  any  such
-information considered in any sentencing or disposition recommendations.
-l. The right, upon request, to receive a copy of any report or record relevant to the
-exercise of a victim's right, except for those portions made confidential by law or
-unless  a  court  determines  disclosure  would  substantially  interfere  with  the
-investigation of a case, and to receive a copy of any presentence report or plan
-of disposition when available to the defendant or delinquent child.
-m. The right, upon request, to the prompt return of the victim's property when no
-longer needed as evidence in the case.
-n. The right to full and timely restitution in every case and from each offender for all
-losses suffered by the victim as a result of the criminal or delinquent conduct. All
-monies and property collected from any person who has been ordered to make
-restitution shall be first applied to the restitution owed to the victim before paying
-any amounts owed to the government.
-o. The right to proceedings free from unreasonable delay, and to a prompt and
-final conclusion of the case and any related post-judgment proceedings.
-p. The right, upon request, to be informed of the conviction, adjudication, sentence,
-disposition, place, and time of incarceration, detention, or other disposition of
-the offender, any scheduled release date of the offender, and the release of or
-the escape by the offender from custody or commitment.
-q. The right, upon request, to be informed in a timely manner of all post-judgment
-processes and procedures, to participate in such processes and procedures, to
-provide information to the release authority to be considered before any release
-decision  is  made,  and  to  be  notified  of  any  release  decision  regarding  the
-offender. The parole authority shall extend the right to be heard to any person
-harmed by the offender.
-r. The right,  upon request,  to  be informed in  a  timely  manner  of  any  pardon,
-commutation, reprieve, or expungement procedures, to provide information to
-the  governor,  the  court,  any  pardon  board,  and  other  authority  in  these
-procedures, and to have that information considered before a decision is made,
-and to be notified of such decision in advance of any release of the offender.
-s. The right to be informed of these rights, and to be informed that victims can
-seek the advice of an attorney with respect to their rights. This information shall
-be made available to the general public and provided to all crime victims in what
-is referred to as a Marsy's card.
-. The victim, the retained attorney of the victim, a lawful representative of the victim, or
-the attorney for  the government upon request  of  the victim may assert  and seek
-enforcement of the rights enumerated in this section and any other right afforded to a
-victim  by  law  in  any  trial  or  appellate  court,  or  before  any  other  authority  with
-jurisdiction  over  the  case,  as a matter  of  right.  The court  or  other  authority  with
-jurisdiction shall act promptly on such a request, ensuring that no right is deprived
-without due process of law, and affording a remedy by due course of law for the
-violation of any right. The reasons for any decision regarding disposition of a victim's
-right shall be clearly stated on the record.
-. The granting of these rights to victims shall not be construed to deny or disparage
-other  rights  possessed by victims.  All  provisions  of  this  section  apply  throughout
-criminal and juvenile justice processes and are self-enabling. 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  of  any  of  its  political
-subdivisions, or any officer or employee of the court.
-. As  used  in  this  section,  a  "victim"  is  a  person  who  suffers  direct  or  threatened
-physical, psychological, or financial harm as a result of the commission or attempted
-commission of a crime or delinquent act or against whom the crime or delinquent act
-is  committed.  If  a victim is deceased,  incompetent,  incapacitated,  or  a minor,  the
-victim's spouse, parent, grandparent, child, sibling, grandchild, or guardian, and any
-person  with  a  relationship  to  the  victim  that  is  substantially  similar  to  a  listed
-relationship, may also exercise these rights. The term "victim" does not include the
-accused or a person whom the court finds would not act in the best interests of a
-deceased, incompetent, minor, or incapacitated victim.