However, Mr Mullane's employer paid for him and his family to have limited counselling for the trauma they experienced.

BBC: Julia Pemberton

Frank Mullane set up Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA), after his sister and nephew were killed in 2003.

BBC: Helen Grant

But as Nancy Mullane reports, it's a gesture by that famously liberal city to make its immigrant work force feel more welcome.

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Mr Mullane said that perpetrators of crimes were given greater access to documents, such as transcripts of trials, than the families of murder victims.

BBC: Julia Pemberton

Mr Mullane said families could end up spending thousands just to find out basic facts about what had happened when their relatives were murdered.

BBC: Helen Grant

Mr Mullane gave up his job in order to set up the charity, which helps bereaved families of murder and manslaughter victims by listening and providing practical help.

BBC: Helen Grant

For NPR News, I'm Nancy Mullane in San Francisco.

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From San Francisco, reporter Nancy Mullane has the story.

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Of the ball players who have already appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot or were never considered for the honor, only Kaat (283), Tommy John (288), and 19th century pitchers Tony Mullane (284) and Bobby Mathews (297) have at least 280 career victories, and none have made the cut.

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