My personal stance on the current state of victims’ rights in America is that even though many states have changed their legislation for victims’ rights and protecting victims there is still work that needs to be done to protect the victims and their families from harm. In my opinion the 2004 Crime Victims’ Rights Act has been successful with out it there would be many more victims and families that would have to suffer and could have been victimized all over again had they not been granted protection from the accused, rights to notification, right not to be excluded from proceedings, right to speak at criminal justice proceedings, right to consult with the prosecuting attorney, right to restitution, right to a proceeding and free from unreasonable delay, and the right to be treated with fairness, respect for the victims’ dignity and privacy. (Justice, 2012) In my opinion about vengeance it is never appropriate to be revengeful or to harm a person period when a person goes and hurts someone for hurting them they are just as bad as the person who hurt them in the first place. It is hard to be the victim especially when it comes to children and want to make a person suffer for their crime but if we were all able to be use revenge as a way to get back at someone then we just would be adding to suffering for families and victims.

Do you agree with the actions of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)? I have to say that I do agree because if this is the outlet that victims need to overcome the trauma from having to suffer the abuse from someone that they trusted then let them do what they need to as long as they are not resorting to revengeful act and they are not causing any physical harm to anyone then they should be able to come together and work out the issues they are still suffering from the abuse when a person is abuse by anyone it affects all aspects of their lives and if the network is helping them through those times then I think it is ok....