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I just hugged the man who murdered my son
told by Mary Johnson and Oshea Israel on National Public Radio's StoryCorps:
While most StoryCorps interviews are between family and friends, this conversation comes from two people who easily could have been enemies.
In 1993, Oshea Israel was a teenage gang member in Minneapolis, Minnesota. One night at a party Oshea got into a fight, which ended when he shot and killed another boy.
Now 34, Oshea has finished serving his prison sentence for second-degree murder.
May 25, 2011 Region: North America and Caribbean, Practice, Victim, Case:Homicide, Forgiveness, Country:USA
Dialogues can offer healing for crime victims
from Ryan Marshall's article in the Carroll County Times:
Recovering from a crime can be a deeply personal process for victims, but Maryland's corrections system offers victims who are interested a chance to interact with their attackers.
The state is able to arrange dialogues between victims and the person incarcerated for their crime.
May 23, 2011 Dialogue, Region: North America and Caribbean, Offender, Victim, Prison, Country:USA
