How often do we assume a victim controls the trajectory of a criminal case? In reality, although a victim may initiate the criminal complaint, their control ends there. Once the complaint is in the ...

More than 200 people ascended the steps of the Alabama Capitol for a rally to urge state leaders to strengthen services ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New laws aimed at improving Texas’ troubled Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund — sparked by a series of KXAN investigations — are now officially in effect. For nearly three years, KXAN ...

This is the third and concluding post serializing my comprehensive law review article on the past, present, and future of the crime victims' rights movement. Earlier I blogged about the movement's ...

After years of investigating problems with Texas’ Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund, a viewer tip revealed a new and unexpected issue: Texas is seizing millions of dollars earmarked for victims of ...

The man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in November 2022 has agreed to plead guilty, according to an attorney for a victim’s family, but the family says it opposes ...

Every year in April, the United States commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, an annual observance of the accomplishments made, and the work that remains, so victims can fully exercise ...

For many survivors of domestic violence, escape is not a single act—it’s a long, dangerous choreography of planning, hiding, and trying to stay alive. It often means stashing essentials in an escape ...

Ayanna Greene-Davis is head of the Philadelphia Police Department’s new victim advocacy program. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you ...