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This 4 page paper discusses five pieces of legislation in Washington State that address victim’s rights. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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considers some of legislation that Washington State has passed dealing with victims rights, and what the effect of each law might be. Discussion The laws of Washington State are available
on a web site maintained by the Washington State Legislature. The site is fairly easy to navigate but there is a great deal of information there, and unless the user
is familiar with the legislative process, it can be confusing. Its possible to search for a bill by number and by topic; scanning the topic index yields the subject "Victims
of Crime"; and clicking on that brings up a list of 24 pieces of legislation dealing with victims. A history of the bill, such as how many times it has
gone through committee and where it stands at present, it also included. Well just grab five at random; perhaps we can find a common thread among them. Many of these
are modifications to earlier bills, but the modifications tell what the first version was. We begin with a bill to compensate crime victims; it is Senate Bill (SB) 5332, which
was read the first time on January 17, 2007. It amends earlier legislation having to do with notifying victims when offenders are released or when their status changes; it says
in part that a new "statewide automated victim information and notification system" will be added to the booking systems of city and county jails (Senate Bill 5332, 2007). The system
will automatically notify a crime victim by means of their choice (phone, e-mail or letter) when an offender is "transferred or assigned to another facility"; transferred to a facility outside
the state; given a "different security classification"; released; discharged; escapes; or is served with a "protective order that was requested by the victim" (Senate Bill 5332, 2007). The bill is
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