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More top reads for the week of Jan. 21: James Beard Award nominees from RI; and a Newport women competes on reality TV show "The Bachelor."
The Justice Department proposed changes Monday to rules governing state-run programs that provide financial assistance to violent crime victims in order to address racial disparities and curb the ...
The fund is financed by fines paid by convicted federal offenders. As of September 2013, the Fund balance had reached almost $9 billion. Revenues deposited into the Fund also come from gifts, donations, and bequests by private parties, as provided by an amendment to VOCA through the Patriot Act that went into effect in 2002. From 2002 – 2013 ...
Thousands of crime victims each year are confronted with the difficult financial reality of state compensation programs that are billed as safety nets to offset costs like funerals, medical care ...
Robert Lynn Pruett (September 18, 1979 – October 12, 2017) was a Texas man convicted and executed for the 1999 murder of TDCJ Correctional Officer Daniel Nagle (September 9, 1962 – December 17, 1999) at the McConnell Unit, Bee County. [1]
The victim, John Hernandez, was the common-law husband of Maria Toral, with whom he shared a daughter. [18] The perpetrator, Terry Thompson, 41, is married to Chauna Thompson. [19] Chauna Thompson was at the time a sheriff's deputy of the Harris County Sheriff's Department. [20]
The VOCA Fund was established under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and is the primary financial source for victim services in Ohio and the 49 other states, five U.S. territories and the District ...
Over the past five years, U.S. groups have received less money, including the Upstate's First Light, Project R.E.S.T., and Julie Valentine Center