Schwarzenegger Supports Crime Victims' Bill of Rights

CBS ^ | June 27, 2006 | BCN

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in Oakland today that he supports state legislation that would give crime victims new rights.

Accompanied by local police chiefs and several high profile crime victims, Schwarzenegger also said he has appointed Susan Fisher of Sacramento to the newly-created position of Crime Victim Advocate and that he is expediting a program to use global positioning systems to track dangerous criminals.

He said he supports "The Crime Victims Bill of Rights," a comprehensive legislative proposal authored by Assemblywoman Nicole Parra, D-Hanford, to help crime victims overcome the hardships caused by criminal acts.

Schwarzenegger said he has directed the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to place Global Positioning System monitors on 2,000 offenders over the next two years instead of the originally scheduled four years, cutting the time in half.

Last year, he signed a pilot program into law that he said will better track the worst 2,000 sex offenders and other criminals in California and enhance public safety.

Alameda County Chief Assistant District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said "today is a momentous day for the victims of crime" thanks to Schwarzenegger's advocacy for victims' rights.

[FairOpinion]

It's time to be concerned about the victim's right, rather than always worry about the rights of the criminals, as the ACLU is doing.

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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a stop downtown Thursday morning to urge the passage of the get-tough sex offender bill known as Jessica's Law.

The governor joined District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Sheriff Bill Kolender and San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders to ask voters to pass the bill, which will appear on the November ballot as the Sexual Predator and Punishment Act of 2006.