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DaveJ

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Wed Oct 8, 2014, 09:21 AM Oct 2014

Possibly nefarious changes to Victims Rights Amendment [View all]

Although in not a political expert, I was reading the changes to the Victims Rights Amendment and I'm worried that it might be presented under false pretenses. That is to say, the proposed changes protect the ability of big business to sue individuals without scrutiny. I'm concerned that people will vote yes to this thinking victims are always regular people and not actually corporate aggressors. Does anyone know who initiated these changes?

Basically I believe it's saying that the person bringing legal action can dispute records being disclosed in legal proceedings, which your typical individual victim probably would not have a problem with -- it seems more designed to protect big business and enable them to legally go after individuals while hiding the facts.

http://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_Crime_Victims'_Bill_of_Rights_Amendment_(2014)

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