Years of litigation will determine meaning of Marsy’s Law

Last Tuesday, voters passed Marsy’s law, a set victim’s rights clauses that will be added to the North Dakota Consitution. It wasn’t popular with professionals in the criminal justice field. Here’s the quote from Jack Lofgren, president of the ND Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: “We’re going to start uncovering those scenarios where the rights of the defendant are getting trampled on by the implications of Marsy’s Law.” See the Bismarck Tribune for the rest of the story.