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In reply to the discussion: "Guilty": Part Two [View all]rurallib
(62,387 posts)Thank you for sharing your story.
One story the media in this country seldom tells is what happens to those left behind by the murder of a family member, friend or work mate. There are lives literally shattered. Many times there are expenses to be paid and needs that must be paid for when a bread winner is killed. There are no compensation pools to help with those expenses unless the victim had life insurance. I am not even sure life insurance covers a murder.
And then there are victims who may be massively injured but not die. They must now go on living, unable to work thus having little income. Their living expenses often come down to some form of paltry government aid. Medical may often be medicaid if the state they live in hasn't cut it.
This on top of the emotional trauma that a victim and their families go through.