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Marsy's Law for New Hampshire represents two decades of advocates' work to establish enforceable rights for victims of crime. Since the 1990s, the NH Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence and the NH Department of Justice have been working toward a constitutional amendment that ensures that victims of crime in our state are treated with dignity, fairness, and respect. Marsy's Law for NH is a broad coalition made up of victims and their families, victim advocates, law enforcement, prosecutors, legal experts, and community business leaders across the state. The coalition is working with the Governor, the Attorney General, and elected officials on both sides of the aisle to pass, CACR 22, a constitutional amendment that will establish enforceable rights for victims of crime in NH. Currently in the United States, the U.S. Constitution and every state constitution has enumerated rights for individuals accused of a crime and those convicted of a crime. Yet, the U.S. Constitution and 15 state constitutions, including New Hampshire, do not extend enumerated rights to victims of crime.