A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and ...

Survivors of violent crimes and grieving families gathered Wednesday at the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol, demanding the state strengthen its Victim Compensation program and fund a trauma ...

Cedric Ricks, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m. CDT following a lethal dose of the sedative pentobarbital at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

Crime survivors rallied March 11 at the Mississippi State Capitol, calling for investments in crime prevention, violence intervention and victim assistance.

A KXAN investigation found after the Texas Attorney General's Office agreed to pay an assault victim $5,000 from the state’s crime victims’ compensation fund, the state kept nearly half the money to ...

After the state of Texas agreed to pay $5,000 to an assault victim – new records show they kept nearly half the money to pay ...

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Wednesday rolled out a new Homicide Victim Funeral Assistance Program that will cover up to $2,000 in funeral and burial costs for families of people killed in Philadelphia ...

A grand jury did not find probable cause to issue an indictment in the fatal shooting of a man last year on South Padre Island by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Cameron County ...

The Crime Victims Fund, created under the Victims of Crime Act signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, helps more than 6 million crime victims and survivors each year. Its fund ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Crime victims are speaking out for change in Alabama. Dozens traveled to Montgomery for the first ever “Survivors Speak Alabama” event. Alabamians impacted by gun violence ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Dozens of survivors of violent crime and loved ones of those who can no longer speak for themselves took their message to the front steps of Alabama’s State Capitol Tuesday. ...