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 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.


For materials and information, please visit The Office for Victims of Crime.

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