Dr. Henry T. Nicholas, III, Co-Author of Marsy’s Law, Announces Commitment to Unify and Empower the Victims’ Rights Movement Through Technology
LOS ANGELES-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Dr. Henry T. Nicholas, III, co-author of Marsy’s Law: California’s Victims’ Bill of Rights and founder of Broadcom Corporation, on Friday will announce his commitment to ‘unify and empower’ the victims’ rights movement through the application of communications technologies. Such applications will enable grass-roots organizations to build on the lessons of the successful Marsy’s Law campaign, in which organizers in California used the Internet to overcome disadvantages posed by a lack of economic resources and geographic distances.
Dr. Nicholas’ announcement comes as the Nov. 4th anniversary of the passage of Marsy’s Law approaches. Marsy’s Law, which voters in the state approved as a constitutional amendment, is the nation’s first comprehensive Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights. The law is named for Dr. Nicholas’ sister, who was brutally murdered in 1983.
Marsy’s Law passed decisively, despite vociferous and well-funded opposition that included nearly all mainstream media, because grass-roots organizers waged an effective online campaign to educate voters statewide. Technologies developed by Broadcom, which are helping to drive the next generation of media, have the potential to enable the dramatic expansion of the victims’ rights movement nationwide, culminating in a U.S. Constitutional Amendment.
“It makes perfect sense to apply technologies, which I have been fortunate to help develop, in order to transform a geographically dispersed collection of organizations into a national movement,” Dr. Nicholas said. “The Marsy’s Law campaign showed how much power people can create with the Internet. Just imagine how much more powerful we will be by applying cutting-edge technologies to our efforts.”
A new website, marsyslawforall.org, will serve as test-bed and vehicle for accelerating the ability to communicate, reach out to new members and identify influential individuals who will champion victims’ rights causes.
More than 500 people are expected to participate in Friday’s event at 500 W. Temple Street (behind the Hall of Administration) in downtown Los Angeles. The rally, which will feature California Attorney General Jerry Brown and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, is one of many taking place across the country as part of the Third Annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims.
For more information, go to www.marsyslawforall.org.
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