Mary Farrar
Introduction

**Mary Farrar** (born 1949\) is a retired American victims' advocate. She worked exclusively with families of [homicide](/wiki/Homicide "Homicide") victims for the [Maine Attorney General](/wiki/Maine_Attorney_General "Maine Attorney General")'s Office from 1996 to 2009, and advocated for crime victims for the [Somerset County](/wiki/Somerset_County%2C_Maine "Somerset County, Maine") District Attorney's Office and the [Maine Department of Corrections](/wiki/Maine_Department_of_Corrections "Maine Department of Corrections"). She was inducted into the [Maine Women's Hall of Fame](/wiki/Maine_Women%27s_Hall_of_Fame "Maine Women's Hall of Fame") in 2012\.


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