An Act To Ensure That Victims Are Kept Informed in Criminal Cases
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 16 MRSA §614, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 2009, c. 181, §2, is further amended to read:
D. A victim or victim's agent or attorney . The victim or the victim's agent or attorney must be provided with intelligence and investigative information as complete and as soon as possible, subject to reasonable limitations to protect the interest described in subsection 1; or
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This bill requires the victim of a crime to be provided with investigative information in as complete and rapid a manner as possible, as long as the disclosure of that information is made with safeguards to prevent events such as interference with law enforcement proceedings, an unwarranted invasion of privacy, disclosure of information designated confidential and endangerment of the life of another individual.