More and more stories about successes in the practice of restorative justice are being printed.

The Truth About Forgiveness
 

WashingtonPost.com 3/22/2009

Community Conferencing: Alternative to conventional punitive justice; from The Indypendent Reader, Fall 2007  http://indyreader.org/node/91

The Community Conferencing Center offers a variety of conference services in Baltimore, Maryland. The center offers court diversion for non-violent offenses, alternatives to school suspension, re-entry conferencing, and neighborhood conflict resolution. In this article, Lauren Abramson, executive director of the Community Conferencing Center, provides an overview of a serious crimes conference held in a prison setting; from Restorative Justice Online, September 2006

http://www.restorativejustice.org/editions/2006/september06/aunt

Lisa Rea, founder of the Justice Advocacy Group, recently sent us this news item printed in the Sacramento Bee (requires free registration). It involves a victim who transcended a very serious violent crime using restorative principles and practices.

We hope that section members enjoy reading these articles. Please send any additional news items of interest to Belinda Reed at aboutResolution@yahoo.com.