Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center - Advocacy | Legislation

Justice for Victims

MCVRC provides FREE Legal Representation and Advocacy services for victims of all types of crimes.

Your rights,
our priorities.

MCVRC top priorities are to ensure victims have...
The right to be informed • The right to be heard • The right to be present • The right to restitution & compensation • The right to privacy

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Get Educated

MCVRC provides comprehensive training designed to educate organizations on the up-to-date crime victims’ laws and best practices that are being used for providing and protecting crime victims’ rights.

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Our Mission

To ensure that victims of crime receive justice and are treated with dignity and compassion through comprehensive victims' rights and services.

Success Stories

MCVRC convinced the federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to agree that a lower court’s ruling denying a crime victim restitution because the request would prolong and complicate the sentencing process was an abuse of discretion and should be revisited.

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Press Releases

MCVRC … Helping to Define Restitution for Victims in the Maryland Court of Appeals

On April 1, 2019, Maryland’s highest court, the Maryland Court of Appeals, issued a decision (In re: G.R., No. 32, 2018 Term), reversing an earlier decision by the Maryland intermediate appellate court. The decision by the Maryland Court of Appeals… Read More

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Upcoming Legislation

2021 Legislative session is right around the corner ‒ We need your help.