Source: (2001) Te Ara Whakatika: Newsletter of the court-referred restorative justice project. September 2001. Issue 4. Downloaded 8 June 2004.
An anecdote concerning a student who had been charged with careless driving causing injury. In a community-based restorative justice meeting, he apologised to the man whose leg was eventually amputated, giving him relief in the midst of shame.
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