Nebraska victims are being denied the right to speak. One survivor’s fight is forcing the state to rewrite the rules

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — Who speaks for victims of crime?

Sometimes that answer is no one — even when Nebraska law disagrees.

A new bill pushed by Attorney General Mike Hilgers would protect victims of crime from misinterpretation by Nebraska judges who deny them their legally mandated right to speak in court…

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