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Kentucky Supreme Court asked to overturn Marsy's Law vote

By John Cheves, Lexington Herald-Leader

The Kentucky Supreme Court was asked Friday to overturn statewide election results from last November that would grant new constitutional rights to crime victims.

Although 63 percent of Kentucky voters approved Marsy's Law, a proposed constitutional amendment, the lengthy and complex language of the amendment did not appear on the ballot or in state-paid newspaper advertisements in advance of the election. Instead, legislators crafted a ballot question about treating crime victims "fairly" that was so vaguely worded that voters had no idea what they were being asked to support, according to a lawsuit filed by the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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