Victims Rights

The Murder of Innocence

David Protess | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Murder, Chicago News, Wrongful Convictions, Death Penalty, Crime, Dennis Williams, Victims Rights, Marilyn Green and Jerry Hillard, Herb Whitlock, Randy Steidl, Karen and Dyke Rhoads, Carol Schmal and Larry Lionberg, Armchair Detective, Chicago News
David Protess

Exonerations can be bittersweet for family members of murder victims.

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9/11, BP Spill Victims Advocate Helps Those Affected By Indiana Stage Collapse

AP | By CHARLES WILSON | Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Advocacy, Stage Collapse Victims, Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, Andre Lacy, Victims Rights, Indiana Stage Collapse, Kenneth Feinberg, Impact News

BY CHARLES WILSON, Associated Press -- Indiana officials turned Wednesday to the man who oversaw victims compensation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks a...

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Rich 'Protected More Than Victims'

Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Courts System, Wealthy, Victims Rights, Rich Poor, Victim's Tsar, Economic Classes, Social Classes, Milly Dowler, Judicial System, Louise Casey, Home News

Press Association -- The current courts system protects the rich and wealthy more than it does the families of murder victims, the victims' tsar has s...

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Meeting the Needs of Crime Victims

Pat Nolan | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Restorative Justice, Restitution, Victims, Justice, Crime, Victims Rights, Reparations, Politics News
Pat Nolan

Crime harms people, and it should be our goal to repair that damage. The needs of victims of crime are often ignored in our justice system. Most offen...

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Without Witness and Victim Protection, No Hope for Justice in Sri Lanka

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sri Lankan Army, Victims, Witness-Protection-Program, South Asia, Victims Rights, Devarathnam Yogendra, Legal Reform, Sri Lanka, Witness Protection, Human Rights Abuses, Sri Lanka Violence, Sri Lanka Civil War, Human Rights, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Mr. S.K.a.S. Nishanta Fernando, Asia, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, World News
Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

In many developing Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, the failure to pass and enforce victim and witness protection laws remains one of the major obstacles to the rule of law.

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How Crime Victims Become Crime Survivors

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Patricia Wenskunas, Shayla Muse, Crime Survivors, Diane Dimond, Victims Rights, Crime Victims, Jonathan Muse, Jake Eric Jackson, Healthy Living News
Diane Dimond

I attended the annual "Survive and Thrive" 5k run/walk event put on by a group called Crime Survivors. Note that it's not crime victims -- it's crime survivors.

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The Kennedy Option; A Matter of Life and Death

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lennie, Valerie Jarrett, Machete Attack, Public Option, Kennedy Option, Clinton, Senator Kennedy, Howard Dean, Alaska, Health Care, Victim's Rights, Chris Rogers, Richard Trumka, Home News
Shannyn Moore

For Ted's decades-long fight, and the daily struggle of people like Lennie, a woman who sees her struggle over health care as more horrific than a machete attack, we must pass a "Kennedy Option."

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