Circle Justice

In the book Touching Spirit Bear, Cole Matthews attends "Circle Justice Meetings." Circle Justice(also called Restorative Justice) is when the community comes together to help sentence the offenders and lead them to better lives. Instead of punishing, the offender and victim will seek how to heal. The Tlingit Tribes use this form of justice for their offenders. It seeks to restore and repair relationships and situations withen the community. Anyone can attend these meetings. When there, there is a special item(ie.Feather) that passes amongst the people. You may only speak when you have this item.
Here is an example of Circle Justice:
Jeremy Boyd, 24 years, opted for Circle Jusice instead of jail, because he strangled his sisters cat. He pleaded guilty to cruelty of animals after he got mad at his sister and got back at her by killing her cat. It took around 18 months to finish his sentence. He has to build and install 14 geese nesting boxes on Lake Mille Lacs attended an anger support group and fasted. Eventually, all charges were dropped. He now participated in circles for other offenders. It was effected, he was a different person when his sentence was done.
http://freenet.msp.mn.us/~fholson/circles-mn/circ-stb.htm (halfway down)

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