MTC Criminal Justice students prepare for the annual Victims’ Rights Ceremony with victims’ advocate Karen Ambrose.  Pictured, left to right, are Audie Perry, Cedric Barge, Marea Henry, Chris Blount, Amos Swilley, Thomas Inlow, Amy Stone, Anna Simmons, Nikki Spires, Courtney Vaughn, Angela Tipton, Samantha Wood and Karen Ambrose (Victim’s Advocate).

A crowd of about 50 gathered at the Colquitt County courthouse annex to bring attention to victims’ rights on Tuesday, April 15.  Of the 23 million crime victims created each year in the U.S., 5.2 million are victims of violent crimes. New ones are created locally almost every day.  Moultrie Technical College’s Criminal Justice program students assisted the district attorney’s victim advocacy program in the organization of the event.

Click here for the full story as written by Moultrie Observer reporter Lori Glenn and published on April 16, 2008.