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From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum.

I'm Scott Schaefer, in for Mina Kim.

Going back to the 1990s, horrific crimes like the kidnapping and murder of Polly class have

been used to justify harsh anti-crime policies like California's Three Strikes Law.

The voices of crime victims, including Polly's father, are often front and center promoting

those policies.

But a new movement is emerging that centers other survivors of crime in their families, especially women of color, who are often overlooked by a system that's supposed to help them with services and support.

This hour, how the conversation about justice for survivors of crime is shifting, providing a counterbalance to the traditional conversation and what it could mean for the politics around criminal justice.

Join us after this news.

This is For him. I'm Scott Schaefer in today for Mina Kim.

In this hour, the changing conversation around crime victims' rights.

For decades, the loudest voices of crime victims usually rallied

behind tougher anti-crime and punishment policies like the Three Strikes Law, or against

reforms like ending cash bail. But a counterbalance to that point of view is growing, a movement

to give more prominence to survivors of crime and their families who often don't get equal

access to things like restitution and victim services that state law calls for and who don't necessarily oppose reforms like restorative justice and reducing incarceration.

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