By Steve Twist & Vanessa A. Kubota.
The crime victim’s “right to justice” in the Arizona Victims’ Bill of Rights is more than a lofty ideal—it is a substantive constitutional guarantee that predates its enactment. But what does it mean in practice? By tracing justice from its philosophical and etymological roots to its place in modern state constitutions, the authors invite courts to recognize the victim’s right to justice as a constitutional principle unto itself, one that complements—not competes with—defendants’ due process protections.