MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Miriam Shehane, who founded a victims’ rights movement after the 1976 killing of her daughter, died Monday. She was 91.

Shehane founded the Victims of Crime and Leniency (VOCAL) and for decades led a victims’ rights movement that reshaped Alabama’s judicial and parole system. Her death was announced Monday night by VOCAL.

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