Help for Crime Victims - New laws are in effect, aimed at improving the state's troubled Crime Victims Compensation Fund. The changes come after our investigative reports uncovered months-long delays ...

The DOJ has opened a victim compensation fund tied to $200M in forfeited Backpage assets. Victims whose trafficking was facilitated via Backpage.com between 2004 and 2018 may be eligible. Petitions ...

The original version of Thursday's News Tribune story on the final attorneys' fees and costs in the Pat Kerr case against the state reported that some punitive damages award money goes to the state's ...

Police tape off a street in Grand Blanc, Mich., after a shooting and fire at a church. Victims of crime often face a maze of legal and administrative barriers, making it hard to secure compensation or ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Payouts from the Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation Fund increased by about 36 percent this year and cleared the $5 million mark. The total payout for 2008 was just more than $5 ...