The Criminal Division of the Department of Justice is responsible for the prosecution of criminal cases throughout the State from misdemeanors to murders. Its mission is to represent the State in criminal cases, and in so doing safeguard the human rights of victims and their families and the constitutional rights of defendants.
On March 22, 1972, the Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution, which proposed banning discrimination based on sex.The E.R.A. was sent to the states for ratification, but it would fall short of the three-fourths approval needed.he Senate approved it in March 1972. The passed Equal Rights Amendment read, âEquality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.â.
In 1923, this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law.If the Era was passed, it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other.However, in the 1970s, the Era was not passed, and therefore did not become law. The idea for an equal rights amendment first became acknowledged in the early part of the twentieth century.In 1916, Alice Paul founded the National Womenâs party (NWP), a political party dedicated to establishing equal rights for women.he ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed, it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other.