Proclamations - Crime Victims' Rights Week

Proclamations - Crime Victims' Rights Week

Victims of crime across America need and deserve support and assistance to help them cope with the consequences of crime.

National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 23 to 29, 2006, offers us all the opportunity to promote strength in unity in helping victims and survivors of crime, and recognizing their rights as victims.

Victims and survivors of crime can gain strength from the wide range of supportive services offered by over 10,000 community and justice system-based programs, and the more than 32,000 federal and state statutes that define and protect their rights.

America has demonstrated its caring and compassion for victims of crime, from individuals who provide support to a victim in need, to community collaborations that result in comprehensive services for victims of violence.

By being united against crime and for victims' rights and services, we gain strength as individuals, as communities, and as a nation as a whole, and offer strength to victims who seek to recover in the aftermath of crime.

We must remain united in our commitment to ensure that all crime victims and survivors are treated with compassion and respect, recognized as key participants within our systems of justice, and afforded services that provide help and hope to them.

America has joined together annually each April since 1981 to recognize the needs and rights of crime victims and survivors during National Crime Victims' Rights Week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Frank H. Murkowski, Governor of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim April 23-29, 2006, as:

Crime Victims' Rights Week

in Alaska, and encourage all citizens to honor crime victims and those who serve them during this week and throughout the year.

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