To Help Crime Victims, Stop the Cycle of Trauma
Our legal system focuses on punishing those who cause harm without considering what victims need, a former prosecutor writes.
Our legal system focuses on punishing those who cause harm without considering what victims need, a former prosecutor writes.
Democratic prosecutors in Tampa and Miami campaigned for the 2018 initiative that paved the way for this new ruling.
With journalist Roxanna Asgarian.
Alternative approaches to rehabilitation and healing still face resistance, even though the criminal legal system’s reliance on punishment has done little to move the needle on addressing sexual violence.
Victims’ rights campaign spent more than $70 million nationwide, with more than half of that spent in Florida.