NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s top prosecutor said crime victims are facing too much trauma leading up to trials. Now, Attorney General Raúl Torrez said it’s time for lawmakers to make changes to help protect victims from being revictimized.
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“Our system permits pretrial interrogation and reinterrogation of these victims to the point where they no longer want to participate in the process,” said AG Torrez. That process is what New Mexico’s Attorney General describes as painful and traumatizing for crime victims.
Teaming up with state representatives, AG Torrez is now backing new efforts to give victims more protection during court processes. “No victims should be forced to unnecessarily relive that trauma over and over again yet all too often this is exactly what happens in our current system in New Mexico,” said Rep. Tara Jaramillo (D-Socorro.)