Legislature to consider adding certain rights for victims of sexual assault
The Missouri Legislature will again consider legislation enacting certain rights for victims of sexual violence during a criminal investigation.
Gov. Mike Parson signed into law in 2019 a bill adding greater protections for sexual assault victims, but the legality of one section of the measure is still in court.
That provision, championed by then-Sen. David Sater, a Republican, was the “Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.” That version included defense attorneys in the list of people who must inform a victim of his or her rights laid out in the statute.
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