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Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Health
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Victims rights advocates receive awards
BOSTON (WWLP) – The state's office for Victim Assistance held an awards ceremony on Monday, honoring advocates who have made significant contributions to advancing victims' rights and services. The Bay State's victim assistance services include shelters for domestic violence victims, training for direct service providers, victim compensation, legal assistance, and more. The attorney general explained the importance of victims' rights services, which have been available as a statewide effort since the 1984 enactment of the Victims Bill of Rights. 'We remain focused on the barriers and the challenges that crime victims are impacted by, and continue to work together to ensure that everyone impacted by crime in the commonwealth has access to support,' said Attorney General Andrea Campbell. Representative Kate Hogan received the legislator of the year award for her work in passing a bill preventing sexual abuse by fraud of medical providers in 2024. 'We're all grateful to the many brave survivors, from the athletes in the headlines, to hopeful parents and very vulnerable patients,' said Hogan. Before this law was passed, medical providers could claim that inappropriate actions were part of legitimate treatment plans, leaving victims without a path forward in the courts. Other awardees included a doctor, a detective, and several advocates, all of whom work to support victims of crimes in Massachusetts. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Arkansas bill would allow the use of nitrogen gas in executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A bill filed in Arkansas legislature Friday would allow the use of nitrogen gas in methods of executions if it becomes law. House Bill 1489 states that the Division of Correction would be able to use nitrogen gas for inmates on death row, in addition to other methods used in Arkansas. Four takeaways from the fifth week of the Arkansas 95th General Assembly Nitrogen hypoxia is a process where nitrogen gas is inhaled to the point of suffocation. The bill also states that a death sentence 'shall not be reduced' due to a method of execution being declared unconstitutional. It adds that the death sentence shall remain in force until the sentence can be lawfully executed by a valid method of execution. Proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment creates Victims Bill of Rights The state of Arkansas also uses lethal injection and electrocution as methods of executions. The bill's lead sponsor is Rep. Jeff Wardlaw (R-Hermitage). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
