“The expansion of victims' rights ultimately made formal what had always been true: Some victims are more protected and valued than others.” RightsDiscriminationInequalityVictimsCrime Victims Book:Just Mercy Source: Just Mercy
“Anyone, any type of story, it doesnt have to be a crime victim, you dont have to let yourself be food for the media.” StoriesMediaCrimeTypeVictimCrime Victims Author:Bernhard Goetz
“If every crime victim had to have perfect judgment, we could empty our prisons.” IfsPerfectCrimeJudgmentEmptyVictimPrisonCrime Victims Author:Claire McCaskill
“I would wipe my tears, and walk out of the stall and the bathroom, and march myself back into that courtroom because the only way that I could deal with Keith's [ Griffin] murder was to feel like I was doing something about it. In retrospect, what did I do? I know that I put a lot of bad guys in jail and if I kept them off the street one day more, that may have been one less crime victim.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsMayHas BeensGuyWalksDealsStreetsCrimeTearsOne DayMurderVictimMarchJailBathroomBad GuysWipeRetrospectKeithCourtroomCrime Victims Author:Nancy Grace
“The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.” WayCommunityMillionsCrimeFinePaidVictimCriminalsFundHostTaxpayersOur CommunityProvidersService ProvidersCrime Victims Author:Jim Costa
“I was a prosecutor for many years, I'm a crime victim myself, and I've tried so many cases I don't even know how many anymore.” KnowsYearsCasesKnow HowCrimeVictimProsecutorCrime Victims Author:Nancy Grace