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N.J. Supreme Court hears challenge to statements by crime victims, familyi members during sentencing
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 23 days ago
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Supreme Court hears challenge to statements by crime victims, familyi members during sentencing Monday April 29, 2013, 7:39 PM A convicted killer is fighting to skip his sentencing hearing where his victim's mother plans to read a statement to the
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Toll of violence: El Paso Domestic abuse represented in Crime Victims' Memorial
El Paso :: TX :: USA | 23 days ago
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King's name was one of several names added Sunday to the granite facade of the El Paso Crime Victims' Memorial located between the Judge Edward Marquez Library and Yucca Park in the Lower Valley. The park was the site of a ceremony to commemorate
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Victims' rights remembrance coming to Merced's Courthouse Park
Merced :: CA :: USA | 28 days ago
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Sponsored by the Merced County district attorney's Victim-Witness Assistance Program, the ceremony is scheduled as a part of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. During the ceremony, participants will place emerald green ribbons on a special tree
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Group gives immigrant crime victims a voice
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | 30 days ago
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Ind. (AP) Several years ago, Saneta Maiko came in contact with a sexual assault victim who had immigrated to the United States from another country. He watched as this victim tried to traverse the justice system landscape without being fluent in
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Denver cop accused of "inappropriate relationship" with crime victim
Denver :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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Font Resize The Denver Post A Denver police officer accused of having an improper relationship with a crime victim was suspended and a second is on desk duty while the internal-affairs office probes an unrelated allegation of "inappropriate behavior,"
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Highway in Anne Arundel, Prince George's named for murder victim
Prince George :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Siegel, The Baltimore Sun A stretch of Route 4, including the section that passes through southern Anne Arundel County, was renamed last week for Stephanie Roper, whose 1982 murder led her parents to crusade for rights of crime victims and their
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W.Va. academy focuses on crime victim aid
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 8 months ago
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W.Va. (AP) A weeklong gathering of professionals in Charleston is aimed at helping crime victims...Attorney Booth Goodwin is scheduled to deliver remarks Tuesday to the Victim Assistance Academy . The academy brings together advocates for victims of
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Statistics on rape and pregnancy are complicated
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 months ago
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In declaring that women's bodies can somehow prevent pregnancy in the event of a rape, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) sparked a national conversation about a scientifically unsubstantiated theory, sending reporters scurrying in search of the data that would
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Picture perfect: The amazing police artist whose sketches of criminals she's never seen look EXACTLY like the real suspects
Houston :: TX :: USA | 10 months ago
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The artist is, of course, a talented draftsman, but she told the Huffington Post that listening closely to the victims and interpreting their descriptions is even more important in creating a lifelike image...After a career as a street artist and
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Ex-Wis. DA pleads no contest to ethics violations
Madison :: WI :: USA | 11 months ago
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Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin prosecutor accused of rampant sexual harassment agreed Friday to plead no contest to six ethics violations, moving his sordid case closer to a resolution. The Office of Lawyer Regulation filed a
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