“Dignity Denied: The Experience of Murder Victims’ Family Members Who Oppose the Death Penalty” (2002). This report released by Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation pro­vides an account of the expe­ri­ences of mur­der vic­tims’ fam­i­ly mem­bers who oppose cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment and steps that can be tak­en to pro­tect these indi­vid­u­als from dis­crim­i­na­tion based on this oppo­si­tion. ​“Dignity Denied” chal­lenges law­mak­ers, the fed­er­al gov­ern­men­t’s Office of Victims of Crime, and lead­ers with­in the vic­tims’ ser­vices com­mu­ni­ty to address past and cur­rent dis­crim­i­na­tion and com­mit to equi­table treat­ment of sur­vivors of homi­cide vic­tims. Specifically, the report offers mod­el leg­is­la­tion and rec­om­mends that vic­tims’ rights laws be amend­ed to ban unequal treat­ment based upon a vic­tim’s posi­tion on the death penal­ty. It also states that vic­tims’ ser­vices should be admin­is­tered inde­pen­dent­ly, not as part of the pros­e­cu­tor’s office, and that lead­ers in the vic­tims’ ser­vices com­mu­ni­ty should devel­op pro­to­cols for serv­ing vic­tims’ fam­i­lies who oppose the death penalty.