Navigating Your Rights

• Be present at all criminal justice proceedings at which the defendant has such right
• Be informed and heard at guilty pleas, bail hearings, sentencing's, probation revocation hearings and parole hearings
• Be informed of trials and preliminary hearings
• Restitution
• The speedy disposition and appellate review of cases
• Reasonable protection from the defendant or any person acting on behalf of the defendant
• Information concerning the release, escape, recapture or death of the accused while in custody or confinement
• Information about how the criminal justice system works, the rights and availability of services and information about the crime
• The rights of crime victims are further established and defined in the Missouri Revised Statutes, Section 595.209.

• Consult with an employee or volunteer of a rape crisis center;
• A sexual assault forensic examination;
• A shower and change of clothing;
• Request to be examined by an appropriate medical provider or interviewed by a law enforcement officer of the gender of the survivor's choosing, when available;
• An interpreter who can communicate in the language of the sexual assault survivor's choice, as reasonably available;
• Notification and basic overview of the options of choosing a reported evidentiary collection kit, unreported evidentiary collection kit and anonymous evidentiary collection kit;
• Notification about the evidence tracking system;
• Notification about the right to certain information considered a closed record, such as a complete incident report; and
• Be free from intimidation, harassment and abuse in any related criminal or civil proceeding and the right to reasonable protection from the offender.

• Order the accused abuser not to abuse, threaten to abuse, molest, stalk or disturb your peace.
• Order the accused abuser not to enter the premises of your home whether you own, lease or merely occupy the home.
• Make temporary order of custody of minor children
• Order specific personal property and effects to be turned over to you.
• Order the accused abuser not to communicate with you in any way, including email or through third parties.
• Include other terms that the court decides are necessary to ensure your safety.

• You are a victim of a violence crime and suffered personal bodily injury;
• You are a relative who requires counseling to better assist a sexual assault victim with recover;
• You are a spouse, child or other dependent of a victim who has died as a direct result of a crime, or you assumed financial obligations incurred as a result of the victim’s death; or
• You are a Missouri resident who suffered personal injury in a state that does not have a crime victims’ compensation program and the injury would be covered in the crime had occurred in Missouri.

• Reported the incident within 48 hours to the proper law enforcement agency or had a good reason for delay;
• Filed the compensation claim within 2 years of the crime or discovery of the crime; and
• Incurred medical expenses and lost time from work, or incurred no medical but lost at least two weeks’ wages. The rate of compensation is $40 per day or $200 per week.

An assault should be reported directly to the Lincoln University Police Department (LUPD) (573-681-5555 or 911), Ft. Wood Military Police (573-596-6141 or 911). 

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