Issue: How many states provide for notification for victims of the pretrial release of defendants. (Ch.12, Sub. A-2. Note #5)

I found all states have adopted some kind of victim's bill of rights. I found the provisions in twenty-nine state constitutions. The remaining jurisdictions had adopted the measures through statutes. In addition, the majority of states (28) make provisions for notification of victims upon the defendant's pretrial release. The victim's written request is usually a prerequisite to notification. I found six states that made provisions for notification only for certain types of crimes. The remaining states usually had provisions for notification upon post-conviction release of defendants, but had not referred to pretrial release. Colorado required victims to be notified of release if they were believed to be in danger. CO- CO Rev. Stat. 24-4.1-303.  

Notification (28):

AL- AL Code 15-23-63, AK- 1997 AK. Senate Bill 25, AZ- AZ Rev. Stat. 13-4405, DE- DE Code Ann. 11 9406, FL- Fla. Stat. @ 960.001, GA- O.C.G.A. 17-17-12, HI- HRS @ 801D-4, IL- 725 ILCS 120/4.5, IA- Iowa Code @ 910A.6(registered victims), KY- KY Rev. Stat. 431.064, LA- L.S.A. 46:1844, MI- MI Stat. Ann. 21.1287(755), MS- MS Code 99-36-5, MT- MT Code Ann. 46-9-108, MO- MO Ann. Stat. 595.209, NV- Rev. Stat. 178.5698, NH- NH Rev. Stat. Ann. 21-M:8-k, NJ- NJ Stat. Ann. 52:4B-44, NY- NY Exec. 646, ND- ND Code. Ann. 12.1-34-02, OH- OH Rev. Code 2930.05, RI- RI Gen. Law. 12-28-3, SD- SD Code 23A-28C-1, TX- TX Stat. Ann. 56.02, UT- UT Code Ann. 77-38-3-, VT- VT Stat. Ann. T.13 5305, WV- WV Code 61-11A-6, WI- WI Stat. Ann. 950.04

 Certain Crimes (6):

AR- 1997 Ark. ALS 736(victim of a sex offense or an offense against a victim who is a minor and immediate family of homicide victims), CA- CA Pen. Code 646.92 (notice to victims of stalking or domestic violence), IN- IN Stat. Ann. 35-33-12-2(notice for stalking, intimidation, harassment or crimes against the person), KY- KY Rev. Stat. 431.64(right to conditions for assault or sexual offense), ME- ME Rev. Stat. Ann. 17-A 1175- (victim of murder, Class A, B or C crime), NC- NC Gen. Stat. 15A-824 (if Class G felony or more serious offense)