Diane Moyer, Esq., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: I've been working in victim services for a little over two decades now. There weren't too many lawyers in the field at the time. I walked into the Pennsylvania capitol and was in awe of the beauty of it, and I said, "I wonder what I'm supposed to do now." Thankfully, I did figure out what you do over there and had a great relationship with the House and Senate Judiciary, which is mostly where most of the bills would be passed. The nice thing about starting in a field that is blossoming was that I got invited to participate in the drafting of the Violence Against Women Act, and had the opportunity, really, to influence national public policy in a way that I had not contemplated. There had never been a federal funding stream for rape crisis centers, so we worked on the Sexual Assault Services Program, which provides funding to rape crisis centers nationally. Knowing that there weren't services there to begin with, and because of me writing some words on a page that became real, then they were able to serve victims. So, for me, that's the most humbling part of it. Violent offenders...
JENNIFER STORM, VICTIM ADVOCATE, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: Yeah.
DIANE MOYER: Risk assessment and...
JENNIFER STORM: Diane's probably one of the smartest people I've ever met. She's incredibly thoughtful, she's very determined, and everything she does, she's leading with what is in the best interest of the victim.
DIANE MOYER: It's soul-satisfying for me, knowing that I can make a difference and help people who do direct services, because that's one of the hardest jobs in the whole wide world. You learn to do what you think is impossible. And that's part of the trial and the pleasure of doing it.
