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Crime victims may get fewer services as federal aid drops. States weigh how to help.
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCongress recently lowered spending from a victim services fund to $1.2 billion, sparking widespread...
Illinois fails to protect immigrant victims of crime, report finds
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIllinois is failing to protect immigrant victims of crime or trafficking, according to a new report from the University of Chicago. Those who work with ...
Why GOP-majority Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly were able to agree on these bills
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoEfforts like this aim to establish clear and fair guidelines for law enforcement when they attempt...
Advocates fear impact of cuts to crime victims services, call on lawmakers for help
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRhode Island victim service advocates are sounding the alarm over federal funding cuts they say will...
Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHe may be right. What the Supreme Court did in overturning its own precedents when it allowed states...
OP-ED: Looking Ahead: What the Loss of the CVF Will Mean for Child Crime Victims
The Jacksonville Daily News· 5 days agoThe Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), and through it the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), has assisted the ...
Mississippi man charged with destroying Iowa Capitol Satanic Temple display pleads guilty
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoHe admits in writing that he "partially dismantled a display in the Iowa State Capitol Building,...
Navy Reserve veteran pleads guilty to beheading Satanic statue in Iowa State Capitol
Fox News via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoHe would also be required to participate in a victim-offender dialogue with representatives of the...
Marsy's Law: How did a victims right bill end up applying to Ohio police officers?
ABC 6· 2 days agoLaw enforcement officers across Ohio who use force -– even those who have killed -- are fighting to...
New law could reduce sentences for Oklahoma domestic violence victims who commit crimes
The Norman Transcript· 20 hours agoGov. Kevin Stitt signed a measure that would let judges give criminal defendants who are domestic violence victims lighter sentences if they can prove prior abuse contributed ...