Some think there is little connection between wrongful convictions and restorative justice, but we have learned that the connection is direct. In this article, RJ4All friends, Lisa Rea and Jeffrey Deskovic tell their story. The missed connection Some years ago Lisa was speaking at a Texas event sponsored by a justice reform organization committed to ending the death penalty. The speakers included victims of violent crime opposed to the death penalty as well as death row exonerees. Although Lisa was there to speak about restorative justice at the time she did not see the direct connection between restorative justice and wrongful convictions. When she met death row exonerees in person, includi
Nowadays, newspapers and media stress the theme of immigration and its related crisis in Europe. There is a deep fear of what, who is different from us, and this is reflected in the European political situation. It is not the purpose of this brief blog to analyse the issue of immigration, nevertheless the aim is to look at it from the restorative lens. Indeed, restorative justice is a paradigm which can be applied to situations other than crime since its main purpose is the restoration among the parties involved. Therefore, restoring trust and human empathy might be the driven force to create an inclusive society based on the respect for the Other, whatever the latter is. Restorative Justice
