Photo Gallery: Tarrant County Honors Survivors Of Abuse During National Crime Victims' Rights Week

Arlington TX

27 April, 2022

5:27 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report April 25, 2022 Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley and Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson offered a tribute to crime victims and the people supporting them on April 25 at the Tarrant County Administration Building, 100 E. Weatherford St., in honor of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. "What we found is that we focused on the crime and we focused on the criminal and we forgot about the victim. And that happened for so many years," Whitley said. "And finally, we began to say, 'Wait a minute, we have someone who has basically felt the effect of that crime that we've just kind of forgotten about.'" Whitley said people want the criminals convicted and punished for the crime that they committed, but they also want to focus on making sure that individuals can recover and can go back to living as normal of a life as they possibly can and not be forgotten. Tarrant County honored victims and survivors of crimes at five subcourthouses around the county on April 25. The county unveiled wreaths with ribbons as a "tribute to crime victims and a promise that all victims will have the rights and services they need to recover from crime," according to a press release from the criminal district attorney's office. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.