Restorative justice and violent crime

from the article by Melanie G. Snyder:

....Over a period of six months, Marie and another mediator met with Jenny regularly, to help her prepare to meet with Dave face to face. They asked her what had made her decide she wanted to meet with Dave, and what her expectations were for a face to face meeting. They helped her to think through what questions she might want to ask Dave, and what things she wanted to say to him. They discussed Dave’s possible reactions and asked Jenny how it might feel to see him, and to listen to things he might want to say.

Oct 05, 2011 Story, Case:Homicide

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A little girl's memories stir questions about good and evil: Terror in a small town

from Wayne Drash's four part series on CNN.com:

....I first met Rebecca a year ago, after writing a story about a man who survived his family's massacre. She told me she had a similar tale to share.

It began with death threats over the phone, she said, then letters and drive-by shootings. The church and parsonage were bombed -- 10 times to be precise.

The terror stretched on for more than six years.

Neither local nor state nor federal lawmen were able to stop the assaults. It ended in the parsonage, three days before Easter in 1978, as the family sat down to dinner.

Oct 03, 2011 Story, Case:Homicide, Forgiveness, Victim

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