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Massachusetts - Senate passes bill to help domestic violence victims

January 23
Mississippi - Ex-Governor Barbour “very comfortable” with pardons

January 23
Mississippi - Pascagoula Senator Wiggins to alter victims’ rights law

January 23
Virginia - Prosecutors turn to dogs to put crime victims at ease

January 23
Arizona - Judge: Brian Terry’s parents don’t merit victim status

January 23
Oregon - Philip Morris agrees to pay millions to Oregon, much of which will go into crime victims fund

January 23
England - Mayor’s Office “must take lead” on victim-centered policing

January 23
United Kingdom - Twitter ‘failing’ on child abuse, watchdog group warns

January 23
Presidential Proclamation – National Stalking Awareness Month, 2012

January 9
Obama declares human trafficking prevention month

January 9
Attorney General announces revision to definition of rape

January 9
California - Story Update: Victim’s attorney takes up DA on evidence

January 9
Colorado - State Court Judge rules that law imposing limits on prosecutorial discretion is not unconstitutional

January 9
Washington - State pushes for greater protections for stalking victims

January 9
Alabama - Suspects in deadly Alabama home invasion targeted Latino victims, police say

January 9
Florida - Identity theft victims sue IRS for refund

January 9
Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Widespread in the US

January 3
New Jersey - Victims’ rights bill passes unanimously

January 3
New York - Lawmakers could reform child abuse laws

January 3
Indiana - Foreclosure fraud victims get restitution

January 3
Michigan - New law allows child victims of sexual abuse to use a one-way screen when testifying in court

January 3
California - Trafficking victim obtains citizenship 12 years after she was trafficked into the US

January 3
European Parliament endorses European Protection Order for crime victims

January 3
British MPs call for new rights for victims of crime

January 3
Wisconsin - Judge allows victim testimony in Curt Johnson case

December 12
Senators Leahy, Crapo introduce bipartisan bill to reauthorize landmark Violence Against Women Act

December 12
1st Circuit denies appeal of cyberstalking defendant

December 12
Victim of child sex trafficking sues ex-NFL player under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

December 12
Connecticut Supreme Court deliberates on victims’ right to privacy

December 12
California - Spitzer takes on D.A. on evidence

December 12

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