Victims' rights are legal rights afforded to victims of crime. These may include the right to restitution, the right to a victims' advocate, the right...
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A victims' rights group is a type of advocacy group which advocates or lobbies for legal, social or political change on behalf of victims of serious crime...
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In the United States, the Victims' Rights Amendment is a provision which has been included in some states' constitutions, proposed for other states, and...
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week and raise awareness about victims' rights and services. Office for Victims of Crime's National Crime Victims' Rights Week observance website v t e...
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enumerates the rights afforded to victims in federal criminal cases and victims of offenses committed in the District of Columbia. The Act grants victims the following...
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Marcella Leach (section Victims' rights advocacy)
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...
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Doris Tate (redirect from Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau)
January 16, 1924 – July 10, 1992) was an American activist for the rights of crime victims, and the mother of actress Sharon Tate. After Sharon Tate and several...
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After a sexual assault or rape, victims are often subjected to scrutiny and, in some cases, mistreatment. Victims undergo medical examinations and are...
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Marsy's Law (category Victims' rights)
Marsy's Law, the California Victims' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, enacted by voters as Proposition 9 through the initiative process in the November 2008...
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Bob Leach (section Victims’ rights)
California's victims' rights movement after the death of his stepdaughter, Marsalee (Marsy) Nicholas, in 1983. He was the husband of victims' rights advocate...
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