Marcella Leach

Marcella Leach
Born
Marcella Martin

(1929-08-23)August 23, 1929
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedMarch 15, 2015(2015-03-15) (aged 85)
Orange, California, U.S.
OccupationsActivist, advocate
Spouse
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(m. 1967; died 2008)​
Children2
Websitehttp://www.justiceforhomicidevictims.net
http://www.marsyslawforall.org

Marcella Leach (née Martin; formerly Nicholas; August 23, 1929 – March 15, 2015) was an American victims' rights advocate based in Southern California and the mother of businessman Henry Nicholas. After the murder of her daughter, Marsalee (Marsy) Nicholas in 1983, she helped build Justice for Homicide Victims, one of California's early victims' rights organizations. Her late daughter is the namesake for Marsy's Law, the California Constitutional Amendment and Victims' Bill of Rights, which appeared on the November, 2008, ballot as Proposition 9.

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