Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong. – Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
Continuing our acknowledgment of important events in the Crime Victims’ Rights Movement…
1981
President Ronald Reagan proclaims the first national Crime Victims Week in April.
The Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime recommends that a separate national task force be created to examine victims’ issues.
1982
The Victim and Witness Protection Act of 1982 brings “fair treatment standards” to victims and witnesses in the federal criminal justice system.
California becomes the first state to amend its constitution to address the interests of crime victims by establishing a constitutional right to victim restitution.