Victims of Violent Crimes...... Something inside me broke. It was as if someone had taken a lovely crystal glass and crushed it with one tight squeeze. Shattering it into tiny fragments. My entire body was thousands of slivers of glass that had broken with three simle words, “They are gone.” In such a brief second all had changed. Violent crimes occur every day. However, they are not supposed to happen to us. Right? It took many years after the loss of my family to learn how to cope and survive, day to day, minute by minute. I hope that I can offer some help and insight for you as a fellow victim of violent crime. Hopefully this book will help to understand the victims world and help victims to move forward.

AUTHORS BIO: ........Diana Harrington has participated in many newspaper and TV interviews, as well as, PBS talk shows. This case has been widely televised and reported nationwide with excerpts from interviews and opinions. She has  published her book  Surviving The Death Penalty…and Victims of Violent Crime. Both books are available at Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, Borders.com and Waldenbooks.com

Diana’s credentials include published articles, editorials, poems and letters, over the past 25 years, in all forms of media. She has been recognized for her letters to NOVA and VOCA in June 2005. Anne Seymour, from the U.S. Justice Department, read the letters on her behalf at the National Organization for Victims Assistance in Washington DC Forum for Congressmen and Senators. Diana has been a featured writer in the Crime Victims' Report, a publication for Criminal Justice Professionals and providers of Support Services. This is the largest journal-type newsletter in this field. She continues to challenge the government on The Appeals Process and the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA). She continues to represent all victims of crime .