New Jersey Lawmaker Aims to Expand Sexual-Assault Victims’ Rights

@KCarliniKing Feb. 25, 2019 3:42 p.m. ET A top New Jersey lawmaker wants to give sexual-assault victims more options for pursuing criminal cases, including expanding their access to grand juries.

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said she wants to explore whether sexual-assault victims should be allowed to appeal when prosecutors decide not to present their cases to a grand jury and decline to press charges. Ms. Weinberg, a Democrat, is co-chair of a special legislative committee that is investigating how Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s transition team and administration...

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*Supposed* sexual-assault victims. Good, so long a minimum of 10x the average sentence in jail without parole. And no lucrative book deals, GoFundMe millions, etc.

And removing the statute of limitations, perhaps?

In many cases, I think we need to spend more time proposing ways to prevent sexual assault & abuse, educating young people about sexuality & positive sexual behaviors, coming up with comprehensive rehabilitation of abusers, & less time proposing ways to punish, imprison & sue.

Provided that we are still allowing due process for all involved (dubious with the way things are going in NJ these days) this is a really good thing.

As they should. I was sexually assaulted in New Jersey by a sicko who was on probation and a judge let him go.

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