Families of the victims of violent crime shared their pain with members of Congress during a special field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On Sept. 29, families of victims and others affected by crime in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Columbia, South Carolina, told members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight about losing family members while their accused killers walk free or face relatively few consequences.
They testified that their pain was magnified by what they perceived as a lack of justice, and pleaded for stronger enforcement of existing laws and accountability from the justice system.
The hearing “Victims of Violent Crime” is part of a series of field sessions meant to highlight the issue of crime in America’s cities. The Monday hearing was inspired by the significant national reaction to the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail system in August….