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Middlesex DA urges wider use of restorative justice for antisemitic incidents; commission explores state office
Summary
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan told the commission that restorative justice—used in Massachusetts since the 2018 criminal justice reforms—improves victim satisfaction and lowers recidivism, and she urged broader adoption and statutory changes to enable education and restitution as part of dispositions.
District Attorney Marian Ryan described Middlesex County—s multiyear use of restorative justice circles for bias and hate incidents and told the commission those programs increase victim satisfaction and reduce repeat offending.
"Restorative justice gives a person who has been victimized an opportunity to really share what that impact has been, and it also gives them an opportunity to ask questions of the person who has wronged…
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