Personas Elegibles para Premios por Víctimas de Crimen

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice quién puede recibir premios si fueron afectados por un crimen. Por ejemplo, si alguien fue víctima o si intentaron ayudar a alguien que estaba en peligro.

Es como cuando en un partido de fútbol, si alguien se lesiona tratando de detener un gol, el equipo reconocerá su esfuerzo y puede premiarlo por su valentía.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan ve a alguien robando en su vecindario. Él corre a intentar detener al ladrón y se lastima. Según esta ley, Juan puede ser elegible para un premio por su valentía al intentar ayudar.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 19.2-368.4 - Persons eligible for awards. A. The following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter unless the award would directly and unjustly benefit the person who is criminally responsible: 1. A victim of a crime or the parent or guardian of a minor who is the victim of a crime. 2. A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, grandchild who is alive at the time of the commission of the crime, or child, including posthumous children, of a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime. 3. Any person, except a law-enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties, who is injured or killed while trying to prevent a crime or an attempted crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had, in fact, committed a felony. 4. A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, grandchild who is alive at the time of the commission of the crime, or child, including posthumous children, of any person who dies as a direct result of trying to prevent a crime or attempted crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had, in fact, committed a felony. 5. Any other person legally dependent for his principal support upon a victim of crime who dies as a result of such crime, or legally dependent for his principal support upon any person who dies as a direct result of trying to prevent a crime or an attempted crime from occurring in his presence or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had, in fact, committed a felony. B. A person who is criminally responsible for the crime upon which a claim is based, or an accomplice or accessory of such person, shall not