National Crime Victims' Rights Week in the News

News relating to National Crime Victims' Rights Week and the awards, including articles on events at the local level and press on honorees—the NCVRW award recipients for work on behalf of crime victims.

• Coverage of Local Crime Victims' Rights Week Events
• Press about NCVRW Honorees

Coverage of Local Crime Victims' Rights Week Events

• Central Texas Domestic Abuse Victim Honored
  Carolyn Thomas, a Waco woman whose faced was mutilated by a point-blank gunshot fired by her former boyfriend, received the U.S. Department of Justice's "Special Courage" award presented by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Thomas was recognized for speaking out against domestic violence. The award was presented in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of National Crime Victims Rights Week.
  
  KWTX-TV News 10 Online, Waco, Texas, April 23, 2006
  http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/2679626.html
  
  Carolyn Thomas wins courage award from attorney general
  Waco-Tribune Herald Online, Waco, Texas, April 22, 2006
  http://www.wacotrib.com/
  (Article is archived. A log-in is required to access the article from the archives. Last checked, 6/2/06.)

• Victims' Groups Honor Prosecutors, Activist http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-
  dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A42140-2004Apr25&notFound=true
  The Washington Post, Washington, DC, April 26, 2004

Press about NCVRW Honorees

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• Project supports crime victims
  The Arizona Republic Online Print Edition, April 16, 2005

2004 Press:

• Project Ujima Receives National Award from U.S. Department of Justice http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?DocID=5016
  University of Wisconsin press release, May 27, 2004

• New Mexico Police Chaplain Supports Officers, Residents
  http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?id=13082&siteSection=1
  Officer.com courtesy of the Associated Press, Santa Fe, NM, May 23, 2004

• Susan Schechter's Life, Work Honored With National Crime Victim Service Award
  http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/2004/april/042304schechter.html
  University of Iowa News Release, April 23, 2004

• Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Announces 2004 National Crime Victim Service Award for Lynn Shiner; PA's Victims' Services Leader Receives National Recognition for Supporting Crime Victims http://www.pccd.state.pa.us/pccd/lib/pccd/press/2004_shiner_release.pdf (PDF file 27 kb)
  Governor's Press Office, Harrisburg PA, April 22, 2004

2002 Press:

• Local Organizations Hold Memorial Service for Victims of Violent Crime
  The Daily Texan, Austin, TX, April 25, 2002

2001 Press:

• National Service Award Given to Center for Victims of Torture
  The Minnesota Daily, Twin Cities, MN, April 23, 2001

• Award Honors Native Women's Group http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/042201/law_honors.shtml
  The Alaska Journal of Commerce, a statewide newspaper, April 22, 2001