Capital Restorative Justice Project

Restorative justice offers a hopeful vision of justice for victims' families and compassion for the families of executed and death-sentenced individuals.

Retributive Justice (our current justice system) asks:

* What laws have been broken?

* Who did it?

* What do they deserve?

Restorative Justice requires that we (community) ask:

* Who has been hurt?

* What do they need?

* Who has the obligation and responsibility to address this hurt and meet these needs?

* What can we as a community do to make sure this does not happen again?