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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of the unlikely and powerful friendship between a Sikh and a former white supremacist in the aftermath of Wade Michael Page's murderous 2012 attack on a Wisconsin Sikh Temple, describing how they launched the Serve 2 Unite organization to promote community inclusion and fight hate crimes.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A thought-provoking, masterfully told work of literary journalism about a shocking crime committed by a teenager--and its even more shocking aftermath. In 1985 in Gary, Indiana, a black teenage girl kills an elderly white woman in a robbery gone wrong. The shock and awe of the case captivates the state, whose citizens cry out for vengeance. Soon after, Paula Cooper, the fifteen-year-old killer, is sentenced to death. Indiana's minimum age for the...
Author
Publisher
Del Hayes Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Teaching Peace introduces restorative justice with the story of how one community embraced this ancient practice and used it to transform their approach to justice - and found a framework for living rich and meaningful lives. By using restorative principles in daily life, we can learn to prevent most conflicts and resolve those that do occur in a way that honors the dignity of all parties. The 5 R's are a gateway to enhance relationships with family,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
The author describes the life-altering tragedy she experienced as a teen, when her cousin was murdered in a robbery gone wrong and explains why she needed to meet one of the killers thirty years later at his parole hearing.
Author
Publisher
Etruscan Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles" who plead guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to his killer? What would he reveal to her? Might...
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