Our latest video podcast features a conversation with Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert who is best known for the successful investigation, arrest and conviction of the Golden State Killer. Nina and Anne talk Early release, zero bail, and DNA evidence.

“This governor has been usurping the law for years with his moratorium, and in doing so pouring salt in the wounds of victims. Now he wants to enforce just bits and pieces of the very same law he’s been defying. It’s disgusting.” ~Nina Salarno Besselman, President Crime Victims United

“This governor has been usurping the law for years with his moratorium, and in doing so pouring salt in the wounds of victims. Now he wants to enforce just bits and pieces of the very same law he’s been defying. It’s disgusting.” ~Nina Salarno Besselman, President Crime Victims United

“This governor has been usurping the law for years with his moratorium, and in doing so pouring salt in the wounds of victims. Now he wants to enforce just bits and pieces of the very same law he’s been defying. It’s disgusting.” ~Nina Salarno Besselman, President Crime Victims United

Our latest video podcast features a conversation with Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert who is best known for the successful investigation, arrest and conviction of the Golden State Killer. Nina and Anne talk Early release, zero bail, and DNA evidence.

Tune in to CBS mornings for crime victims' response to the Capone family's decision to auction off the belongings of one of the world's most violent and notorious gangsters."Profiting from the notoriety and wealth of a ruthless mobster is an afront to his victims, their surviving family members, and the criminal justice system itself," said Salarno Besselman.

Crime Victims United (CVU) is honored to announce that its founder, Harriet Salarno, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Paul H. Chapman Gold Medal Award from the Foundation for Improvement of Justice, which encourages improvement in crime victims' rights — and other public safety efforts — by recognizing and rewarding accomplishments and innovations.

This article raises a red flag about the sickening disregard so-called “progressive” legislators like Sen. Bob Hertzberg have for crime victims. Hertzberg explained that he pulled his irresponsible bail bill from this...

Crime Victims United of California (CVUC) today expressed its outrage that Governor Newsom allowed the release of convicted murderer David Weidert, who lured a mentally disabled man to a remote location, forced him to dig his own grave, beat him with a baseball bat and shovel, stabbed him, choked him with a telephone wire, and then buried him alive, where he ultimately suffocated to death.