Sentencing the Victim Throughout Sentencing the Victim, Joanna Katz was victimized more than once. During Joanna Katz process with the criminal justice system, she showed courage and strength. According to Joanna’s father, “When sentencing the offender, the victim gets sentenced too because as long as they are locked up, we are sharing that sentence with them.” On numerous occasions Joanna gets victimized from the actual criminal acts, to going to court every year for each offender. There were many problems address in the video that has lasting affects on not only the victim, but also the victim’s family. One of the main reasons why this video was called sentencing the victim was essentially because every year Joanna and her family had to travel from Charleston, South Carolina to Columbia, South Carolina to each offender’s parole board. This sentenced her family and her in numerous ways such as, having to relieve that moment every time it was time to go to these parole boards. The drive to Columbia from Charleston is at least two hours, so I can only imagine how she felt throughout the ride. Another way Joanna and her family was victimized by going to these parole boards was just the thought that these offenders may be released one day, could put her on edge. She goes …show more content…
When Joanna first got away from her offenders, she passed by a taxi driver who just drove pass her. He did not stop to see what was wrong with her or if she would be okay to get home alone. It was only when the next person saw her that they decided to call the police. Once she got with the police to try to find her friend, the police did not believe that her friend was in the car, until the driver drove off. This, I’m sure of, made her lose trust in the criminal justice system. Throughout the course of Joanna telling her story for this video, she was victimized. She had to relive the entire tremendous life changing event all over