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DAVID'S LAW IS NOW A BILL! DAVID'S LAW IS NOW A BILL! DAVID'S LAW IS NOW A BILL!

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Welcome to our website, which will explain why we are petitioning New York legislators.   After you have read through this information, we hope you will sign our petition at www.thepetitionsite.com.

ATTENTION:   IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SUPPORT GROUP, PLEASE CALL THE CVAC OFFICE AT 778-2003.  THANK YOU.
Parents of Murdered Children and Other Homicide Survivors Support Group 
Crime Victims Assistance Center Conference Room
377 Robinson Street, Binghamton
NEXT MEETING TBA
5:30-7:00 PM
CRIME VICTIMS ASSISTANCE CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM
Please call 797-2051 for more information.

Click here for more information.  In the event of inclement weather, meeting cancellations will be announced on all Citadel radio stations (WAAL 99.1, WILD 104, HAWK 98.1, WNBF-AM 1290)

6/7/05:   DAVID'S LAW BECOMES A BILL!

5/24/04:  Petitions with over 1600 signatures are mailed to officials.  Randi Robbins-Patterson forms area's first Parents of Murdered Children   (POMC) chapter.  Follow this link:
5/26/04: Please read this letter of introduction regarding the establishment of the Tri-Cities POMC
2/20/04 : Ron Zudoffsky is sentenced.  Follow this link:

On February 19, 2003, our family and community experienced devastating and tragic loss.  Our eldest son, David Patterson, was the victim of an unspeakable crime.  He was an eighteen year old Johnson City High school senior attending the birthday party of a "friend."  He was shot and killed when the supervising adult decided that a loaded 9 mm beretta would make for an entertaining party favor.   David was left to die alone on a bedroom floor.  Not one of the five people involved (two of whom were adults) called 911.  David was never afforded the possibility of life-saving help.

Five people have been charged, indicted and sentenced. The crimes that they were charged with are as follows: tampering with evidence, criminally-negligent homicide and hindering prosecution. Imagine our shock, horror and outrage when we discovered that New York State has no law mandating witnesses to call 911 at the scene of a crime where a medical emergency clearly exists.

We torment over whether David knew that he was going to die, whether he tried to call out for help and was ignored. Did he feel pain? Was he able to hear his "friends" cleaning up the crime scene while he laid there dying?   Our warm and wonderful son who spent his 18 years of life giving to others died without the benefit of any type of aide.  Not one day goes by that we do not realize the consequences of their immoral choice. 

The choice that they made not to call for help.
No ambulance was called. 
Local police were not summoned.

  Aside from the obvious crime of murder, we feel that the most heinous crime was not calling 911.   The consequence of not calling will have our family wondering if anything could have been done to help our son, wondering if he suffered for a long time before his death, wishing that we could have comforted him had we known. 

We have met with Senator Libous and Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo
Our objective is to create a law that requires mandatory reporting laws
that extend to crime victims in a medical emergency. 
This will give the District Attorney another tool when charging people in these sorts of crimes.

Sign the petition now!