PRINTER'S NO. 1034
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
169
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HARKINS, BAKER, DUSH, SONNEY, DRISCOLL, CORBIN,
TOOHIL, FREEMAN, BARRAR, D. COSTA, TOEPEL, DiGIROLAMO,
O'BRIEN, OBERLANDER, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, READSHAW,
WATSON, SCHWEYER, MURT, BURNS, McNEILL, B. MILLER, LONGIETTI,
MILLARD, CALTAGIRONE, MARSICO, ROEBUCK, MACKENZIE, SOLOMON,
NEILSON, KINSEY AND GOODMAN, MARCH 21, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 21, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of April 2 through 8, 2017, as "Crime
Victims' Rights Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In 2015, approximately 21 million Americans were
victimized by crime and more than 5 million of them were victims
of violent crime; and
WHEREAS, The millions of survivors of crime and their
families are no less deserving of justice, rights, resources,
restoration and rehabilitation than the violent offenders who
victimize them; and
WHEREAS, Americans recognize that we make our homes,
neighborhoods and communities safer and stronger by serving
victims of crime and ensuring justice for all; and
WHEREAS, Crime victims play an indispensable role in bringing
offenders to justice; and
WHEREAS, In the United States Department of Justice, the
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