Research Paper on:
The Victims' Rights Amendment

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it is discussed. Statements made by President George W. Bush in respect to the amendment are included along with support from the bills introducers. A variety of issues are discussed  in context as well. What the passage of the Victims Rights Amendment would mean is noted and the Victim Rights Act and its implementation is also addressed. The fact  that the passage has only been partly successful is at the crux of this inquiry into the Victims Rights Amendment. Altering the constitution and other issues pertinent to the implementation  of this amendment in total is a large part of this paper which consists of an introduction, overview, result section, discussion and conclusion. I. Introduction The  Victims Rights Amendment started as a bill introduced by Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona and Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California ("Another," 2004). The proposal to amend the constitution  in order to guarantee victims rights was passed with a vote of five to four in June of 2003 ("Dlouhy, 2003). That is, the Victims Rights Act passed. The Washington  Times explains it this way: "Mr. Kyl and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, first introduced a constitutional amendment to guarantee victims rights in federal and state courts. But that didnt  sit well with senators who favored a statutory approach" ("Senate Affirms," 2004). The Act requires that representatives be given notice in advance of parole hearings or judicial proceedings  ("Dlouhy, 2003). This is an idea that makes sense. After all, there are many times where a convict is let out of prison only to harm the same victim again.  Victims fear that someone who attacked them will be let out of prison and their lives will be endangered again. The least that the system can do is inform the