Victims’ Voices

Steve Vickman
H.E.L.P. of Door County’s Steve Vickman, “Families have the right to understand what’s going on and to be able to speak in court”

Supporter Katie Knapp
Golden House Victim Advocate Katie Knapp: “Victims are definitely lost in the current criminal justice system.”

Supporter Ciara Hill
Reach Counseling Victim Advocate Ciara Hill: “Marsy’s Law would bring justice to the students that I work with”

Supporter Melinda Tempelis
Outagamie County District Attorney Melinda Tempelis: “I think it’s important that we pass Marsy’s Law so that we can help support victims of crime in our communities and give them a voice.”

Calista Storck
Survivor Calista Storck: “I think I had this idea going in that the government would be on my side. I was a 14 year-old girl. Why would they not be on my side?”

Ariel Ludlum
Survivor Ariel Ludlum: “We need Marsy’s Law to give us the rights to protect us as victims.”

Supporter Veronica Figueroa Velez
UNIDOS executive director says “Marsy’s Law will allow us as advocates help survivors at a great scale.”
Maurice Colbert
Maurice was not kept informed and felt revictimized by the very system put in place to protect him.