Section 421.576 - Kentucky Crime Victim Bill of Rights as short title for KRS 421.500 to 421.575 - Application - Construction(1) In order to establish the minimum conduct of criminal justice professionals with respect to crime victims and to communicate the intent of the General Assembly that victims of crime play an integral role in the criminal justice process, KRS 421.500 to 421.575 is hereby named the Kentucky Crime Victim Bill of Rights.(2) The rights established by KRS 421.500 to 421.575 shall apply in all felony and misdemeanor proceedings in a District or Circuit Court of the Commonwealth.(3) Nothing in KRS 421.500 to 421.575 shall provide grounds for the victim to challenge a charging decision or a conviction, to obtain a stay of trial, or to compel a new trial. Law enforcement agencies, county attorneys, and Commonwealth's attorneys and courts shall make every reasonable effort to ensure that victims of crime receive the benefits of the rights set out in KRS 421.500 to 421.575.Amended by 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 101,§ 1, eff. upon the ratification, in the general election of November 3, 2020, of a Constitutional amendment providing for the protection of crime victims' rights.Amended by 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 19,§ 1, eff. upon the ratification, in the general election of November 6, 2018, of a Constitutional amendment providing for the protection of crime victims' rights.Effective:7/15/1998
Created 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 39, effective7/15/1998.