In 2016, Ebony Robinson of Minneapolis lost her 24-year-old son, Andre Riley Jr., to gun violence. Despite receiving victim compensation, she felt the amount was insufficient to cover the time off work she needed to grieve, stating: “I just struggled. I didn’t pay my bills. I didn’t even remember to even open any bills. … I was forced to go back to work, and I wasn’t ready.”

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Center for American Progress
  Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes

Sources

• Hope After Harm: An Evaluation of State Victim Compensation Statutes www.americanprogress.org Center for American Progress via serper

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• Gun violence concept