After a five-year battle led by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (also known as Laci and Conner's Law) was signed into law by President George W. Bush. The law recognized a fetus in utero as a victim of criminal attacks when an assault...
done by various nonprofit and government agencies that serve crime victims (and those frequently targeted by criminals), such as domestic violence shelters, mental health providers, rape counseling centers, nonprofits working with immigrants, etc., that serve those that have been arrested and incarcerat...
“They weren’t interested in seeking justice, apparently, on behalf of victims, potential victims, of his crimes, and so the plan was just to release him on the streets of Florida,” DeSantissaid. “Well, that is unacceptable. So we fought b...
“Attorney General Torrez will not prolong the grief and anguish of Ms. Hutchins’ family in the vain attempt to salvage the compromised criminal case against Mr. Baldwin,” Rodriguez said. “There are other victims’ families in Santa Fe County and across New Mexico who are awaiting justice, ...
WHEN A GROUP OF GUN-TOTING extremists seized a federal building in the remote high desert of southeast Oregon on Jan. 2, law enforcement responded with an approach that looked a lot like doing nothing. No uniformed FBI agents appeared in the snow, and Washington officials didn't promise a ...