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A Florida court ruled police officers – empowered to use lethal force – aren’t entitled to confidentiality. Will Ohio follow ...
Nicholas established Marsy’s Law for All in 2015, and began by targeting North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana — all of which have a direct-to-voters ballot process that bypasses the legislature. In ...
Marsy Nicholas was one of 2,640 homicide victims in California in 1983. Most of their names have faded from memory, data points from a comparatively violent era.
Marsy's Law has been nationally championed by her brother, billionaire Henry T. Nicholas III. Nicholas is the former CEO and co-founder of the technology company Broadcom Corp.
Nicholas (net worth: $3.3 billion) spent $71.8 million across the six states that put Marsy’s Law on the ballot, according to campaign filings from each state.
When Marsy’s Law was brought before South Dakota voters as a constitutional amendment in 2016, Henry Nicholas was portrayed as a sympathetic figure. The California billionaire, who made his ...
Just a week after the murder, Henry Nicholas and Marcella Leach, Marsy's brother and mother, ran into him while he was out on bail. They told the story to a local TV station in LA in 2009.
Marsy’s Law is named after Marsy Nicholas of California, who was stalked and killed by her ex-boyfriend in 1983. California was first in passing its version of Marsy’s Law in 2008.
Marsy’s Law in Illinois. Like Nicholas, Bishop-Jenkins is a family member of a murder victim. Her sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Richard Langert, were shot to death in the Winnetka, ...
The Illinois Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights was originally passed in California in 2008 following the death of UC Santa Barbara Student Marsy Nicholas. Six years later, Illinois became the second ...
Tech billionaire and advocate of crime victims Henry T. Nicholas III is facing drug counts after being arrested along with a woman Tuesday at a Las Vegas Strip casino-resort.
Marsy’s Law is named for Marsy Nicholas, a Cincinnati native who was murdered in California and whose 1983 death led multiple states, including Ohio, to adopt stronger protections for crime victims.