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‘Sara’s Law’: Sex trafficking survivor pushes to change justice system’s treatment of child victims

(NEW YORK) -- Child sex trafficking victims implicated for crimes against their abusers are speaking out amid an ongoing push for laws that change how such cases are treated in the criminal justice system. In 1995, Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to ...
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Woman allegedly steals $2.8 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam

(NEW YORK) -- A Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for orchestrating a yearslong romance scam that defrauded an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. Peaches Stergo began her alleged scheme in May 2017 and bilked the victim out of $2.8 million over the next four years, federal prosecutors ...
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Monterey Park mass shooting live updates: Gunman left to reload, survivor says

(MONTEREY PARK, Calif.) -- At least 10 people were killed and 10 others were injured on Saturday night when a gunman opened fire at a crowded dance studio in Monterey Park, California, authorities said. The suspect -- identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran -- fled ...
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Gov. Kathy Hochul grants clemency to domestic abuse survivor, others in name of ‘justice and fairness’

(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has granted clemency to 13 people, including a domestic violence survivor and nine people facing immigration consequences as a result of decade-old convictions. "Clemency is a powerful tool that can be exercised to advance the interests of ...
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UVA shooting survivor speaking out ‘for my brothers I lost’

(NEW YORK) -- A University of Virginia football player is speaking out after surviving a shooting that killed three of his teammates, telling ABC News' Good Morning America co-anchor Michael Strahan he's "doin' it for my brothers I lost." Running back Michael Hollins Jr. said ...
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UVA shooting survivor describes witnessing the attack, attempts to save victim

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- University of Virginia sophomore Ryan Lynch told ABC News that she's still traumatized and mourning the loss of her three friends, Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D'Sean Perry who were shot in a bus that was on campus, and the ...
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Survivor of deadliest human smuggling case in US history speaks out

(NEW YORK) -- When Marvin Gomez was trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas, cramped next to dozens of fellow migrants from Mexico and Central America, he said he thought he was going to die. On June 27, 53 migrants ...
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Uvalde school shooting survivor honored at Astros game nearly a month after hospital release

(HOUSTON) -- Uvalde:365 is a continuing ABC News series reported from Uvalde and focused on the Texas community and how it forges on in the shadow of tragedy. One of the survivors of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was honored at Tuesday's ...
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Highland Park survivor recalls the scary moment she realized she was wounded

(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) -- Lorena Rebollar Sedano has attended the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade for 28 years, but this year's festivities turned to terror when Sedano and her family were caught in the crossfire after a gunman opened fire during Monday's ...
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‘It’s my son’: Mother of Buffalo shooting survivor urges gun reform ahead of hearing in Congress

(BUFFALO, N.Y.) -- The mother of a man who was injured during a mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month said she will implore lawmakers at a Congressional hearing next week to ban assault weapons. Zeneta Everhart, who says her 21-year-old son, ...
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