Murder victims pay the ultimate price for failed criminal justice policies

On September 25, we stop as a nation to honor National Day for the anniversary For victims of killing. It is an official day – a day to think about stolen spirits. Families and societies from which violent crime either eliminate.

But the anniversary without hollow work. If we really honor the victims, then we must also face the uncomfortable truth: for a long time, policies disguise the advocates of “social justice”. CriminalsAnd the elections literally became a matter of life and death.

We warned of this in 2017, when progressive princes began funding from George Soros to reshape justice systems throughout America under the banner of “reform”. They promised fairness. What they threw was bloodshed. The American people now see the destructive cost of these reckless experiences: families that bury their loved ones who are still alive.

Monument dedicated to the killing of Ukrainian Ukrainian women, Irina Zarutska, at Lightrail East/West Blvd in Charlotte North Carolina, on September 11, 2025 (Peter Zai/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Do not look further than Charlotte, North Carolina, when the world witnessed pure terror and the killing of Erina Zarutska. Or to the tragic killing of Lux Riley, a young nursing student whose promising life was stolen. These names join a long list of victims who paid the price Policies that cool criminals Instead of protecting innocents.

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We have seen the consequences closely. We have worked with sad families throughout the country who were stolen not only from their loved ones, but from justice. In New York, we walked alongside Victor Maldonado after his son, Jonathan.

Jonathan was a riding driver, as he did an honest job to provide his family while making sure that others return to the house safely to their men. His life was shortened because of a repeated driver who was arrested several times, and he was repeatedly released under the sponsorship repair, even after tampering with his monitoring device. Despite each warning sign, the system allowed him to walk for free – and Jonathan pushed his life a few days after the ease of repairing the guarantee in New York.

Jonathan’s story is not unique. It is part of an annoying pattern. From the coast to the coast, families suffer because politicians have chosen ideology for safety. They gamble in public security by dismantling accountability, emptying prisons and exempting repeated criminals. Each version, every “second chance” is given to the predator is another victim awaiting its occurrence.

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Some of the victims and families we are working with were in this battle for more than 40 years. Parbra Conelli, Executive Director of Long Island New York Metro, for example, took the murdered victims’ awareness support set, for example.

Barbara became a pioneer in the victims’ rights movement after the killing of her 15 -year -old son, Jimmy. His killer was released not only from prison, but also from overseeing the conditional release. Can you imagine? Anyone can kill a child in cold blood, then walk one day, and live a life as if nothing happened – while a mother like Barbara was left to pick up the pieces.

Barbara buried her child and then she had to struggle for the most basic rights, anyone with a healthy sense is supposed to have the victims already. Now, after decades of progress, Barbara finds herself fighting the same battle again.

What makes this moment sad is the corrupt indifference to the human life that has been afflicted with our society. People are already moving to the streets to protest against the release of the killers in cold blood Luigi Mangion. We see crowds that do not gather for victims, not for sad families, but for terrorists, rapists and murderers – even chanting organizations such as Hamas.

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How did we lose our way so much that evil is celebrated while forgetting innocence? This moral coup tears our nation.

Now as a nation, we are sad again. We are watching in the actual time the suffering of Erika Kirk after she witnessed the assassination of her husband, Charlie Kerk. She is not alone in her grief. Millions of Americans who followed Charlie’s work feel this deep loss, because we know that it should not happen. His family’s pain has now become a national wound, and it emphasizes a terrible clarity that we all pay when society refuses to take evil seriously.

president Donald Trump One of the few leaders who wanted to name this crisis was what it is: a tragedy that can be prevented due to failed policies. He has shown an obligation to stop bloodshed with the basic basics principle: the imprisonment of the bad guys. Safe communities begin to hold. Justice cannot exist if criminals know that they will not face any real consequences.

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To Congress, to the legislative bodies of the state and for every ruler in America: the victims and survivors are pleading with you. Build our agenda, which was built on an ideology, but on the live experiences of the families that buried their loved ones. We are not talking about theory – we are talking about the graves of our children, our husbands and parents. Survivors of the victims of killing know the cost of failure, and we know what to do.

I know this pain personally. In 2005, my friend and favorite friend were killed. They did not receive the justice they deserved, and this wound never healed. After decades, every time I hear another meaningless murder, another family joining this unwanted brotherhood joins sadness, I return to that cold in January of loss and sorrow. The pain doubles when I learned that the killer was a person who chose the government to release him – someone should have been behind bars.

That is why this day is concerned. The National Day of the Melivery of Murder should be more than symbolic. It should be a turning point. We owe it Irina ZarutskaTo Riley, to Jonathan Maldonado, to Jimmy Barbara Conelli, to Charlie Kerk, and to every victim whose name was dug in the grave early. We owe their families, who will not be the same.

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It is time to choose victims for criminals. It is time to listen to the survivors. It is time to reject the failed social experiences that turned our cities into dangerous areas. It is time for leaders at every level to follow President Trump’s progress and take the participation step that can save an endless life: imprisoning predators and protecting innocent people.

Because remembering does not mean anything if we continue to repeat the same mistakes.

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