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May 10, 2019
Imagining a Greater Justice
When we listen to victims closely we learn about relational losses from violence and the need for relational healing.
Samuel H. Pillsbury
Loyola Law SchoolSamuel is the Frederick J. Lower Fellow at LMU's Loyola Law School. Previously, Pillsbury was an Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division in Los Angeles. This excerpt is adapted from the introduction of his newest book, "Imagining A Greater Justice: Criminal Violence, Punishment and Relational Justice," recently published by Routledge.
As a society, our most pressing need for justice comes after criminal violence. A young man is shot in a crosswalk on a summer's night and bleeds to death on the asphalt. A wife is punched and choked by her husband. A girl is sexually molested by her basketball coach. Hearing about these events, our feelings move quickly from sympathy for victims to anger at perpetrators. We hope to see their swift arrest, conviction and punishment. Then we can say that justice has be...
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