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The national conversation about victims’ rights is ever-involving. Stay up-to-date with press releases and statements from NCVLI, news articles highlighting NCVLI’s work, community spotlights, and more. Recent news appears on this page. Earlier pieces can be found using the search bar below.
NCVLI Signs Letter to Protect Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Grants
NCVLI Partners with Equal Justice Works on New Grant Project.
2022 Voices For Justice Award Recipients
National Crime Victim Law Institute Statement on the Buffalo Hate Crime Shooting
‘Absurd and unjust’: A woman says Milwaukee police violated her rights as a victim and is suing to have her case investigated elsewhere
NCVLI statement on today’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on the Crime Victims’ Rights Amendment
Families of Boeing crash victims say the U.S. failed to consult them.
Development Internship
New Demonstration Project Partnership Announced
Press Release: New Restitution Resource Center Will Help States Improve Services for Crime Victims
Five Strong Amicus Briefs Filed in the Supreme Court Supporting Review in the Jeffrey Epstein Victim Case
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DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
Submit your paper or abstract by SUNDAY APRIL 21 @ 11:59 PM PACIFIC for a chance at a cash prize and an invitation to the 2024 Crime Victim Law Conference in Portland, ORSubmissions for the Annual Law Student Victims’ Rights Writing Competition are due THIS SUNDAY! Submit your paper or abstract for a chance at a cash prize and an invitation to the 2024 Crime Victim Law Conference in Portland, OR! For more information and submission guidelines click here: ncvli.org/annual-law-student-victims-rights-writing-competition/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Submissions for the Annual Law Student Victims’ Rights Writing Competition are due THIS SUNDAY! Submit your paper or abstract for a chance at a cash prize and an invitation to the 2024 Crime Victim Law Conference in Portland, OR! For more information and submission guidelines click here: ncvli.org/annual-law-student-victims-rights-writing-competition/ ... See MoreSee Less
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$10,000.000 will be Awarded/Rewarded/Donated to any person/persons/group/organization that becomes responsible for having this child LEGALLY reunified with his mother and/or adopted by his Maternal Grandmother, a Retired USAF Veteran and obtains the evidence needed to ensure the arrest and conviction of DDHR Jessica Hutton and Judge Kenneth Ballard and any other persons involved in these crimes. Please share Please help have this child LEGALLY reunified with his mother and/or adopted by his Maternal Grandmother, a Retired USAF Veteran and obtains the evidence needed to ensure the arrest and conviction of DDHR Jessica Hutton and Judge Kenneth Ballard and any other persons involved in these crimes to include the violation of Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) by DHHR Jessica Hutton of this child with his Maternal Grandmother, a USAF Retired Officer Someone get the people in the news and on some TV shows and polygraph DHHR Jessica Hutton and Judge Kenneth Ballard and find out why they participate in and promote factual discrepancies in court and in legal court documents. Please invite Governor Jim Justice and find out why he allows his courts to participate in such criminal acts and why he allows an employee who reports to him, Commissioner Linda Watts, to allow such conduct of her employee.
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Innovative solutions are needed to get the desired results. This Conference presentation will help lawyers assess their cases and frame victims’ rights arguments and requests.Legal Action of Wisconsinconsin at the 2024 Crime Victim Law Conference to take part in these discussions! whova.com/portal/registration/cvlc_202407/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Did you know that NCVLI has a Rights Enforcement Toolkit? The Tools come in many forms - video tutorials on rights, flowcharts that guide you through the how and when of asserting rights, checklists to ensure you are making the best arguments, and sample pleadings. Learn more: ncvli.org/what-we-do/legal-assistance/rights-enforcement-toolkit/ #victimsrights ... See MoreSee Less
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During Child Abuse Awareness Month, we continue our commitment to enforcing victims’ rights for those who may be most vulnerable in their own homes. Children deserve agency and we wear blue in honor of our commitment to protecting children and their ri#WearBlueDayl#CAAM #CAAM ... See MoreSee Less
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$10,000.000 will be Awarded/Rewarded/Donated to any person/persons/group/organization that becomes responsible for having this child LEGALLY reunified with his mother and/or adopted by his Maternal Grandmother, a Retired USAF Veteran and obtains the evidence needed to ensure the arrest and conviction of DDHR Jessica Hutton and Judge Kenneth Ballard and any other persons involved in these crimes. Please share Please help have this child LEGALLY reunified with his mother and/or adopted by his Maternal Grandmother, a Retired USAF Veteran and obtains the evidence needed to ensure the arrest and conviction of DDHR Jessica Hutton and Judge Kenneth Ballard and any other persons involved in these crimes to include the violation of Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) by DHHR Jessica Hutton of this child with his Maternal Grandmother, a USAF Retired Officer Someone get the people in the news and on some TV shows and polygraph DHHR Jessica Hutton and Judge Kenneth Ballard and find out why they participate in and promote factual discrepancies in court and in legal court documents. Please invite Governor Jim Justice and find out why he allows his courts to participate in such criminal acts and why he allows an employee who reports to him, Commissioner Linda Watts, to allow such conduct of her employee.
Oregon attorney Sean Riddell, also NCVLI's Board President, successfully advocated for his client's state victims' rights and federal constitutional First Amendment rights. The case was resolved in a settlement which includes a requirement that Salem emergency dispatch managers undergo training on victims’ rights!
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Oregon dispatcher whose boss wouldn’t move test so she could attend trial of man accused of raping her reaches $325K settlement
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Salem emergency dispatch managers also are required to undergo training on victims' rights under negotiated agreement.Comment on Facebook
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