One of the state鈥檚 leading civil liberties organizations is opposing 鈥� the victims鈥� rights constitutional amendment known as Marsy鈥檚 Law.
Gary Daniels worries putting Marsy鈥檚 Law into the state Constitution would make it difficult to fix problems. And he says would endanger due process for people accused of crimes by allowing victims to refuse interviews or depositions.
鈥淎nd there are perfectly logical and reasonable reasons why somebody might seek information from a crime victim when they are being accused of a crime.鈥�
But Aaron Marshall with the Issue 1 campaign says defendants can still get those items with a court鈥檚 permission.
鈥淲hat we are trying to stop are these fishing expeditions that have nothing to do with the case which we are seeing around Ohio.鈥�
The state public defender and the are also opposing the issue, though some individual prosecutors are supporting it.
