Wisconsin state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen paid homage to National Crime Victims' Rights Week at a ceremony Thursday at the state Capitol.
National Crime Victims' Rights Week lasts from April 13 to 19 and is held every year to promote victims' rights and honor those who work to protect them. Vigils, ceremonies and other similar events are held during the week.
Thursday's event also commemorated the 10th anniversary of the National Crime Victims' Rights Board, an organization dedicated to creating solutions for rights violations.
In a statement, Van Hollen stressed the importance of victim protection and said Wisconsin was the first state to have a Victims' Bill of Rights in addition to a victim and witness protection program.
The Wisconsin Crime Victims' Rights board was one of the first of its kind and helped other states' create different methods for managing victims' rights, according to Van Hollen.
