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Meet Me on Death-Row: Post-Sentence Victim-Offender Mediation in Capital Cases

Rossi, Rachel Alexandra
June 4, 2015

Source: (2008) Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. 9(10): 185-210.

The paper discusses how the restorative justice practice of Victim-Offender Mediation Programs could be modified and implemented in capital cases and posits that it is of direct benefit to victims, offenders, and family members of both parties in terms of emotional healing.

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