CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia, West Virginia Crime Victims Compensation Fund, and the Operation Reach Out Planning Committee will host prelude events for National Crime Victims' Rights Week on FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010. This event opens the national observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW), which begins on April 18, and the 10th Annual Operation Reach Out – Federal, state and local organizations' efforts to raise awareness of National Crime Victims Rights Week in West Virginia. This year's theme for National Crime Victims' Rights Week is "Crime Victims' Rights: Fairness. Dignity. Respect."

OPERATION REACH OUT OPENING CEREMONY

WHO: Philip H. Wright, Chief of the Criminal Division
United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of West Virginia
Mark Plants, Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney
Marcia Chandler, Mother of Starlena Pratt

WHERE: Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse
300 Virginia Street, East
Fifth Floor
Charleston, WV

WHEN: Friday, April 16, 2010, at 11:00 a.m.

NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS WEEK FAIRS and EVENTS
See Attached Flyer.

Note: All media must present government-issued photo I.D. (Such as a driver's license) and valid media credentials. Media may begin arriving at 10:30 a.m. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Tracy Dorsey Chapman at 800-659-8726 or 304-345-2200.

 

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