AG backs proposed constitutional amendment he says will increase victims’ rights

GOP lawmakers and AG Brad Schimel today touted a proposed constitutional amendment that they say would give victims more rights before the court.
But opponents, including defense attorney Dean Strang, worried it would give crime victims a sense of “false hope.”
Still, bill authors Rep. Todd Novak, R-Dodgeville, and Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, argued before the Senate and Assembly judiciary commi...

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