{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-i-24","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. I, § 24","heading":"Rights of crime victims; enforcement; assessment against convicted defendants.","body":"Sec. 24.\n\nCrime victims, as defined by law, shall have the following rights, as provided by law:\n\nThe right to be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice process.\n\nThe right to timely disposition of the case following arrest of the accused.\n\nThe right to be reasonably protected from the accused throughout the criminal justice process.\n\nThe right to notification of court proceedings.\n\nThe right to attend trial and all other court proceedings the accused has the right to attend.\n\nThe right to confer with the prosecution.\n\nThe right to make a statement to the court at sentencing.\n\nThe right to restitution.\n\nThe right to information about the conviction, sentence, imprisonment, and release of the accused.\n\nThe legislature may provide by law for the enforcement of this section.\n\nThe legislature may provide for an assessment against convicted defendants to pay for crime victims' rights.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article I"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20I%20%C2%A7%2024","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"13879bb1e4967c6c30371de25037826e90e6f403dfb906221c3416a884add1c7","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-i-23","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-i-25","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}