My Job: A Courtroom Victim Impact Statement

I very distinctly remember walking into the room that day. A few moments earlier, we had stopped resuscitative efforts on a young woman in cardiac arrest. Delivering devastating news to people never gets any easier no matter how many countless times I've done it. I paused in the hallway as I always do to collect my words, compose myself, and take a deep breath. The social worker was sitting in the seat to the right of the door and the mother was on the couch straight ahead of me. I had two choices.

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