VICTIMS' RIGHTS HISTORY
 

1982     President Reagan appoints a Task Force on Victims of Crime. The Task Force 

            Final Report makes 68 recommendations, one of which is to amend the Sixth  

              Amendment of the U. S. Constitution to guarantee victims' rights.       

             The Federal Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 brings "fair treatment 

             standards" to victims and witnesses in the federal criminal justice system.

             The passage of the Missing Children’s Act of 1982 helps guarantee for parents that 

             identifying information about their missing child is entered promptly into the FBI 

             National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer system.

             California voters pass Proposition 8, which guarantees restitution and other 

             statutory reforms.