Restorative Justice In Practic

Submitted by massjwj on Mon, 2008-04-21 13:30.
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Restorative Justice In Practice.  Hear Linda Biehl speak about forgiveness and reconciliation at 7:00 pm in the Ryan Lounge (3rd floor of the McCormick Building) University of Massachusetts Boston: Directions http://www.umb.edu/parking_transport/directions.html   On August 25 1993, Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright scholar working in South Africa against apartheid, was beaten and stabbed to death in a black township near Cape Town. In 1998 the four youths convicted of her murder were granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) after serving five years of their sentence - a decision that was supported by Amy's parents. Easy Nofemela and Ntobeko Peni, two of the convicted men, now work for the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust in Cape Town, a charity which dedicates its work to putting up barriers against violence. For more information contact Jackie Lageson at Jacqueline.Lageson@umb.edu  or 617-201-3238
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