New Mexico AG Proposes Legislation to Strengthen Protections for Crime VictimsPhoto by2nd Life Media Alamogordo Town News
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced his victim protection legislation for the 2025 general session. New Mexico law establishes protections for victims, but these laws have no enforcement mechanism to make sure the protections are followed. Victims in New Mexico are also subjected to harmful secondary trauma through an arduous pretrial interview process that does not exist in other states. These bills aim to protect minors and adults, including those who have been sexually abused, from excessive pretrial interviews and to amend the Victims Rights’ Act to provide a way to enforce the protections in the Act through civil penalties and civil suits.…