Key legal question
Whether the mother qualified as a victim under LAVI for moral compensation linked to injuries suffered by her son.
Extracted holding
The mother did not meet the threshold for victim status entitling her to moral compensation under LAVI.
Extracted reasoning
Close relatives may obtain moral compensation only under civil-law conditions; the mother's suffering, though serious, was not exceptional enough and was not comparable to that of relatives of a deceased or gravely disabled victim.