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DC official used restorative justice for young criminals of stabbings, hate crimes to avoid jail time
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A lawyer in the Washington, D.C., attorney general's office shared how restorative justice has allowed juveniles who committed hate crimes to avoid incarceration.
Hannah Grossman is a Reporter at Fox News Digital.
The D.C. office's program, which used restorative justice for a few hundred cases, excludes youth who committed homicide, sexual assault or domestic violence from its program.
"We have successfully used restorative justice in stabbing cases, in carjackings and burglaries, all instead traditional prosecution," Gajwani said about her work as the program's chief during a 2021 webinar. "We are focusing on serious violent crime."
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