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The parable of the lost son
The father shws his son unconditional forgiveness when the son returns home
The Crucifixion
Jesus showed forgiveness even on the cross. He said “Father forgive them. They don’t know what they’re doing”
Gordon Wilson - The Enniskillen bombing
Forgived his daughter’s killer - “I have lost my daughter, and we will miss her. But I bear no ill will. I bear no grudge”
“But let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream”
“And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Bible emphasise the importance of justice
Restorative Justice
Problem slolving apporach to crime that involes, commiunity, offender and the victim
Aims of restorative justice
Restoration -
of the victim to a normal life
of the offender a law-abiding life
of the damage caused by crime to the community
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