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Finding forgiveness

June 15, 2011

But she knows her own mind as far as her attacker, Craig Sussek, is concerned… she’s forgiven him and regularly visits him in prison in Wisconsin in the United States, where they talk about their lives and his remorse at what happened that night in 1995.

Some say she’s mad… others that the Restorative Justice Project is the only way that both of them can get on with their lives.

WATCH – Video journalist Aaron Lewis hears both of their emotional stories.

VIDEO EXTRA – Aaron reports on another case and hears from Tricia Lenz about meeting her sister’s killer. Pete DeWind from the Restorative Justice Project also talks more about how other victims and their families have reacted.

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