Saturday, March 25, 2023

Victim Services

Victim Services

If you can't find, exactly, what you need call your closest victim's organization and they will help.

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Marcy's Law - 1 in 3 American now lives in a state with Marcy's law, giving crime victims meaningful and enforceable constitutional rights equal to the rights of the accused.
https://www.marsyslaw.us/about_marsys_law 
Marsy's Story
https://www.marsyslaw.us/marsys_story 
Victims' Voices
https://www.marsyslaw.us/victims_voices 

Victim's Rights Laws by State
https://www.elitelitigationgroup.com/legal-resources/victims-rights-laws-by-state/
 
VINE the nation's most reliable and confidential source for updated custody status and criminal case information. Register and stay informed
https://www.vinelink.com/#state-selection
 
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or Text*: 988 Chat: https://988lifeline.org/chat

Battered Women’s Justice Project   Call: 800-903-0111 x 1
 
Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Country Child Abuse Hotline 
Call: 800-633-5155
 
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
Call or Text*: 800-4-A-CHILD (800-422-4453)
Chat: https://childhelphotline.org
 
CRIME STOPPERS USA - anonymous crime reporting, often with a reward
1-800-222-TIPS CSUSA.org   
local chapters, here:
https://www.crimestoppersusa.org/programs/locate-a-program/ 
 
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative Intimate Image Abuse Helpline 
Call: 844-878-2274
 
Disaster Distress Helpline Call or Text*: 800-985-5990
 
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Survivor Support Line 
Call: 877-751-0880

IdentityTheft.gov
English: https://identitytheft.gov
Español: https://robodeidentidad.gov

Legal Assistance for Survivors of Sexual Assault (LASSA)  
(844) 303-SAFE (7233), Option 1  
 
love is respect (dating abuse) Call: 866-331-9474
Text*: LOVEIS to 22522
 
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Call: 877-MADD-HELP (877-623-3435)

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Call: 800-843-5678
 
National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Call: 877-536-2722
 
National Crime Victim Bar Association: Finding an Attorney https://victimbar.org/finding-an-attorney
 
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Call: 800-799-7233
Text*: START to 88788 TTY: 800-787-3224
 
National Elder Fraud Hotline
Call: 833-FRAUD-11 (833-372-8311)
 
National Human Trafficking
Hotline Call: 888-373-7888
Text*: 233733
Chat: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/chat
 
National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children 
Call: 888-818-POMC (888-818-7662)

National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
Call: 800-TRY-NOVA (800-879-6682)
 
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Call: 800-537-2238
 
National Runaway Safeline   Call: 800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929)
Chat: www.1800runaway.org 
 
National Sexual Assault Hotline   Call: 800-656-HOPE (800-656-4673)
Chat: https://hotline.rainn.org/online
Español: https://hotline.rainn.org/es

Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center
Call: 800-851-3420 TTY: 301-240-6310

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)
the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization  
800-656-HOPE (4673)

ReportFraud.ftc.gov
English: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov
Español: https://reportefraude.ftc.gov
 
Safe Helpline (sexual assault support for the DoD community)
Call: 877-995-5247
Chat: www.safehelpline.org
 
StrongHearts Native Helpline 
(domestic, dating, and sexual violence support for Native Americans)
844-7NATIVE (844-762-8483)   Chat: https://strongheartshelpline.org

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
 National Helpline Call: 877-662-HELP (800-622-4357) TTY: 800-487-4889

Texas Crime Victims Legal Assistance Network
https://www.texasvictimnetwork.org/survivors-victims
 
The Trevor Project
(crisis intervention/suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth)
Call: 866-488-7386 Text*:  START to 678678
Chat: https://thetrevorproject.org/webchat

Tribal Resource Tool:
Resources for Survivors of Crime and Abuse www.tribalresourcetool.org

U.S. Department of Justice Elder Abuse Initiative English: www.justice.gov/elderjustice/find-support-elder-abuse
Español: www.justice.gov/elderjustice-espanol

VictimConnect
(live anonymous referrals and support for victims of crime)
Call or Text*: 855-4-VICTIM (855-484-2846)
Chat: https://victimconnect.org/get-help/victimconnect-chat
 
Victims Engagement and Services Line 
(U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Call: 833-383-1465

Victim Resources Database (National Crime Victim Law Institute)
https://ncvli.org/victim-resources-database

WomensLaw.org   Email Hotline 
English: https://hotline.womenslaw.org 
Español: https://hotline.womenslaw.org/es
 
* Message and data rates may apply for text hotlines.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

The Death Penalty: Neither Hatred nor Revenge

First published, 2001

The Death Penalty: Neither Hatred nor Revenge

From: Dudley Sharp, independent researcher, death penalty expert, former opponent, 832-439-2113, Houston, Texas, CV at bottom

Death penalty opponents say that the death penalty has a foundation in hatred and revenge. Such is a false claim.

A death sentence requires judges and jurors who have no connection to the case, the defendant must be presumed innocent unless of until found guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt. the punishment options are pre-determined by the legislature and judge nr jurors have no other options, and is the only sanction with super due process, all of which negate revenge.

The pre trial, trial. appellate and executive clemency/commutation processes offer much greater time and human resources to capital cases than they do to any other cases, meaning that the facts tell us that defendants and convicted murderers, subject to the death penalty, receive much greater care and concern than those not facing the death penalty – the opposite of a system identified with either hatred or vengeance.

Revenge requires no guilt nor a crime.

Unlike revenge, those directly affected by the murder are not allowed to be fact finders in a legal case.

The pre-trial, trial. appellate and executive clemency/commutation processes offer much greater time and human resources to capital cases than they do to any other cases, meaning that the facts tell us that defendants and convicted murderers, subject to the death penalty, receive much greater care and concern than those not facing the death penalty – the opposite of a system identified with either hatred or vengeance.

Calling executions a product of hatred and revenge is simply a way in which some death penalty opponents attempt to establish a sense of moral superiority. It can also be a transparent insult which results in additional hurt to those victim survivors who have already suffered so much and who believe that execution is the appropriate punishment for those who murdered their loved one(s).

Far from moral superiority, those who call capital punishment an expression of hatred and revenge are often exhibiting their contempt for those who believe differently than they do.  Instead, they might reflect on why others believe it is a just and deserved sanction for the crimes committed.

The pro death penalty position is based upon those who find that punishment just and appropriate under specific circumstances. Retributive justice as opposed to revenge.

Those opposed to execution cannot prove a foundation of hatred and revenge for the death penalty any more than they can for any other punishment sought within a system such as that observed within the US – unless such opponents find all punishments a product of hatred and revenge – an unreasonable, unfounded position.

Far from hatred and revenge, the death penalty represents our greatest condemnation for a crime of unequaled horror and consequence. Lesser punishments may suffice under some circumstances. A death sentence for certain heinous crimes is given in those special circumstances when a jury finds such is more just than a lesser sentence.

 Less justice is not what we need.

A thorough review of the criminal justice system will often beg this question: Why have we chosen to be so generous to murderers and so contemptuous of the human rights and suffering of the innocent victims and future victims?

The punishment of death is, in no way, a balancing between harm and punishment, because the innocent murder victim did not deserve nor earn their fate, whereas the murderer has earned their own, deserved punishment by the free will action of violating societies laws and an individual’s life and, thereby, voluntarily subjecting themselves to that jurisdiction’s judgment.

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600+ pro death penalty quotes from murder victim's families &
3300+ from some of the greatest thinkers in history
http://prodpquotes.info/ 
 
 
Additional research,w/sources, w/fact checking/vetting & critical thinking, as required of everyone.  
 
1) The Death Penalty: Justice & Saving More Innocents
and
Students, Academics & Journalists: Death Penalty Research
(7 pro death penalty experts included)
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Partial CV
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