While we rarely see these two words placed in the same sentence, now seems an appropriate time to examine them. Most understand that our criminal justice system is retributive, and a large number of ...

The main purpose of a retributive justice system is to restore the injured party back to before the injustice occurred. If that is not possible, the purpose is to ensure that the offending party is ...

Protesters opposed to the death penalty demonstrate outside a Georgia state prison for men in Jackson in this 2008 file photo. Called the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, it holds the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Clip of Senator Graham describing the statements of forgiveness that the victims' families gave to the shooter. For many Americans, there is a simple ...

The case of the Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen has spotlighted the legal and moral complexities of retributive justice in Muslim countries. Nimisha has been in prison since 2017 for the murder ...

This course is an introduction to the restorative/transformative justice paradigm. It begins with an overview of modern criminal justice systems, with a focus on the ...

MISSION STATEMENT: Dr. Amen's & my goal is to raise consciousness & to cause a paradigm shift in thinking regarding prisons & criminal justice. We will investigate the basic forms of criminal justice ...

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