tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post128548016657403481..comments2024-02-28T05:56:28.293-08:00Comments on California Correctional Crisis: Did the Victim Participation Bill Increase Victim Participation?Hadar Aviramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-77918938492102035892011-09-02T13:55:43.281-07:002011-09-02T13:55:43.281-07:00Thanks for writing, Todd. I'm sure your hope w...Thanks for writing, Todd. I'm sure your hope was to increase victim participation - I have no reason to doubt your sincerity - but if that is so, how do you explain the findings, beyond 'assuring' us that the bill did increase participation? The numbers flatly contradict this assertion.Hadar Aviramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15200780666976305749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107037609455779557.post-46235355531169150832011-09-01T16:13:05.404-07:002011-09-01T16:13:05.404-07:00As the Campaign Manager for Marsy's Law and no...As the Campaign Manager for Marsy's Law and now as an Attorney who specializes in representing crime victims in court cases where the victim now has standing to participate at every stage of the proceedings, I can assure you that Victims have become empowered in California in a way we have never seen to date.<br /><br />Victims are actively participating in unprecedented numbers at the trial court level and we can expect, as the system begins to finally acknowledge Marsy's Law, that Victims will continue to make great strides to be recognized and heard in the criminal justice system.<br /><br />Todd Spitzer, Attorney at Law<br />Victim's AdvocateTodd Spitzerhttp://www.spitzerlawoffice.comnoreply@blogger.com