Crime survivors in Springfield to demand more money for trauma recovery centers
"When those things happen we need time to heal. We cant go back to work and function in 72 hours."
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Crime survivors travel to Springfield to lobby lawmakers for better support for victims
"When people are harmed, they can go to the hospital and they can treat that wound. But we need trauma recovery centers here in Illinois where we can go and we can heal out of that growth," said Bertha Purnell, whose son, Maurice, was murdered in 2017 less than a mile from her Austin home.
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