A new Everytown report says state-run victim compensation programs often deny help to gun violence survivors due to paperwork ...

A state senator and Idaho’s attorney general disagreed over what the law said.

Paula Humphrey displays some of the denial letters she received from the Ohio Victims of Crime Compensation Program after she was brutally assaulted in her Dayton home. Humphrey says she faced ...

Dion Green testifies before the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of a bill revising Ohio's victims compensation program. Green's father was killed in the Oregon District mass shooting and his ...

Police tape off a street in Grand Blanc, Mich., after a shooting and fire at a church. Victims of crime often face a maze of legal and administrative barriers, making it hard to secure compensation or ...

Families of Black homicide victims are more likely to file victim compensation claims but face disproportionately high denial rates, according to a Rutgers Health study. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

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I was so startled,” the Democratic lawmaker said of the guidance produced by Raúl Labrador’s office regarding immigrant crime ...