Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?
- Due May 12, 2015 by 11:59pm
- Points 100
- Submitting a text entry box
- Available May 12, 2015 at 12am - May 12, 2015 at 11:59pm 23 hours and 59 minutes
On March 28, 2010, Conor McBride shot and killed his fiancé, Ann Grosmaire. A little more than a year later her parents did something unheard-of in their Florida community: They asked the local prosecutor to show leniency.
Read the story, which details the “restorative justice” process that led to Mr. McBride’s sentence of 20 years plus probation rather than life in prison. Do you believe that it benefits society when victims’ families play a role in sentencing violent criminals? And who showed the most bravery in participating in the process — the victim’s family, Mr. McBride or the prosecutor? Should America’s justice system ever show forgiveness toward people convicted of a violent crime?
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