Victim Offender Conference Juvenile Court Memphis

Thanksgiving 2008 two young boys were crossing the street to attend a football game. A car passed by with young men randomly shooting. A bullet hit one child in the stomach. Months later his aunt and mother attended a family group conference, with a man sitting in for the shooter, since the young men were released without charges. They both expressed a sense of power and healing,

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• restorative
• justice
• circle
• youth
• crime
• violence
• peace
• non-violence
• healing
• recidivism