Marsy's Law includes how many rights in the judicial process?

• A. 12
• B. 9
• C. 17
• D. 20

Answer: (C)

Marsy's Law creates a concrete list of rights for crime victims within the judicial process. It specifies seventeen distinct rights that victims may exercise, including timely notice of hearings, the right to be present at court proceedings, the right to be heard in certain proceedings, the right to consult with the prosecutor, and protections related to safety and privacy, as well as restitution and timely disposition of cases. This total of seventeen is the reason the answer is the one that states seventeen rights. The other numbers don’t reflect the statute’s enumerated count, so they don’t correctly represent the law.