Our focus needs to be caring for and protecting victims. We’ll work hard in the state Legislature to build on Wisconsin’s history on victims’ rights by making them truly equal.

The brave survivors affected by crime deserve to be treated with respect and have a stronger voice in the process.

As Sheriffs, our job is to keep communities safe, and that means protecting victims. The Badger State Sheriffs’ Association is proud to support Marsy’s Law because it will strengthen our efforts to make victims feel safe in their communities.

One of law enforcement’s most important duties is to protect victims of crime, and the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association is proud to support Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin’s fight for equal rights.

Had Marsy’s Law been in place, my dignity and safety would have been taken into consideration and I would have been permitted to stand before the court at the plea hearing and heard by the court.

It’s time to level the playing field between victims and the criminals who have attacked us-we want equality under the law, nothing more, nothing less.