Giving victims a voice

Every year, more than 22 million people a year fall victim to a crime. They are friends, neighbors, relatives and co-workers.

Bringing attention to your (peers) is exactly why April 6 through 12 is National Crime Victims’ Week. Approved by the Carbon County Commissioners at their April 1 meeting, the theme for National Crime Victims’ Week’s this year is “30 years: restoring the balance of justice.”

So what does Carbon County do to assist our local crime victims? It begins with one Carbon County woman who is bringing the guilty to justice by assistance to the innocent.

Her name is Loretta Hanse...