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“Why didn’t you tell someone sooner?”
Survivors of child sexual abuse and family violence hear this question all too often.
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Landmark Justice Reform Package on Its Way to the Governor
With the House vote Friday, the Florida Legislature has passed its most expansive justice reform bill in 20 years, an initiative led by the state’s crime surivors, many of whom rallied in Tallahassee this session to call for change.
Forbes: Breaking the cycle of crime
A new, and sobering, report released last month reveals that four in 10 Texans have been a victim of crime in the past 10 years, with many experiencing trauma, stress, anxiety and fear as a result. The report from the Alliance for Safety and Justice further shows that seven in 10 violent crime victims have been victims more than once, and that nine in 10 Texas crime victims do not receive support from the state’s victim compensation program that could help them recover.
Opinion: Break the cycle of crime to make our communities safer
As a survivor of the 1992 murder of my two daughters, mother, sister, niece and nephew, I have spent much time thinking about what could have prevented the murders of my family over the past 27 years. While the man who did this was convicted and ultimately executed, I am committed to helping prevent these kinds of tragedies by ensuring the use of proactive safety solutions.
We can’t have meaningful criminal justice reform without helping victims and offenders
If Gov. Ron DeSantis signs Florida’s criminal justice reform bill into law soon, it will mean the voices of citizens like Darla and Elliott Saunders are starting to matter more than the voices of politicians like Mike Hill. Hill was the lone dissenting voice in the state House against a bill aimed at reducing recidivism and pulling back some of the harsher penalties against low-level, nonviolent crimes. He criticized the bill’s bundling and feared it would send a message Florida is getting too soft on crime.
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Getting traumatized — again — after violent crime
The FIRST STEP Act will make us safer without the Cotton-Kennedy amendments
As a survivor of violent crimes, I strongly support the FIRST STEP Act as written. Senators should reject the amendments proposed by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) and support the current bill, which has strong bipartisan support and moves our country in the right direction. My experience as a survivor of violence is similar to that …
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Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice Applauds San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin for Ensuring Victims of Police Violence Have Access to Needed Support
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2020 CONTACT:Will Matthews, Californians for Safety and Justice, (909) 261-1398; [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO – The nation’s largest network of survivors of crime, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, lauded a new policy announced Tuesday by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin that will make victims of police violence immediately eligible for …