General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 258B Rights of Victims and Witnesses of Crime

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 258B, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:— “Board”, the victim and witness assistance board...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Eligibility of victim for services - Chapter 258B, Section 2
  Prosecutors shall not be precluded from providing, subject to appropriation, services under this chapter to any natural person or family member of such natural person...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rights afforded victims, witnesses or family members - Chapter 258B, Section 3
  To provide victims a meaningful role in the criminal justice system, victims and witnesses of crime, or in the event the victim is deceased, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Victim and witness assistance board - Chapter 258B, Section 4
  There is hereby established a victim and witness assistance board, to consist of five members who shall serve without compensation. Notwithstanding any provision of section...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Programs created and maintained by district attorneys; services - Chapter 258B, Section 5
  Each district attorney shall create and maintain, to the extent reasonably possible and subject to the available resources, a program to afford victims and witnesses...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Program plan - Chapter 258B, Section 6
  Each district attorney shall submit annually on January fifteenth to the board, the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Interagency cooperation - Chapter 258B, Section 7
  The district attorney, local law enforcement agencies, local social service agencies, and court shall cooperate to afford victims and witnesses of crimes, the rights and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assessments imposed by court - Chapter 258B, Section 8
  The court shall impose an assessment of no less than $90 against any person who has attained the age of seventeen years and who is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deposit of assessments - Chapter 258B, Section 9
  Any assessment imposed pursuant to section eight shall be deposited in the Victim and Witness Assistance Fund, established by section forty-nine of chapter ten. In...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Construction - Chapter 258B, Section 10
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating an entitlement or a cause of action on behalf of any person against any public employee,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duration of rights and duties - Chapter 258B, Section 11
  The rights and duties established under this chapter shall continue to be enforceable until the final disposition of the charges, including acquittal or dismissal of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assurance of rights; assistance by criminal justice agencies - Chapter 258B, Section 12
  Law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, judges, probation officers, clerks and corrections officials shall assure that victims of crime are afforded the rights established in this chapter....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to provide rights, privileges, or notice to victim; no grounds for appeal of or objection to conviction - Chapter 258B, Section 13
  A defendant or person convicted of a criminal or delinquency offense against the victim shall have no standing to object to any failure to comply...

Last modified: September 11, 2015