RJI Supports SB 360 (Hill)–California: clergy exemption in sexual abuse cases
March 6, 2019 2pm Pacific News Release RJI today submitted its letter of support for SB 360 authored by California Senator Jerry Hill which will require that clergy members report child abuse or neglect whenever it is suspected. The legislation will correct a
Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report: Clergy Abuse & the statute of limitations (aug. 2018)
August 22, 2018 In response to the Pennsylvania grand jury report released on August 14, 2018 detailing its investigation of clergy abuse activities in that state and reporting that more than 1000 children were sexually abused by hundreds of priests over decades with bishops
New York Governor Signs Prosecutorial Conduct Commission Legislation (Aug. 20, 2018)
Nevada, U.S. For Immediate Release: August 21, 2018 11:00am Pacific Contact: restorativejusticeinternational@charter.net Restorative Justice International (RJI) today praised New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for his leadership in signing legislation creating the first-ever in the nation prosecutorial conduct commission which will take steps to
RJI Supports New York legislation to create Prosecutorial Commission (July 2, 2018)
RJI supports A-5285-C (Perry), and S-2412 (DeFransico), passed by the New York Legislature and currently on its way to the desk of Governor Andrew Cuomo. We urge the governor to sign the bill. The reasons for RJI supporting this legislation are
Jeffrey Deskovic Podcast: Convicted, Exonerated & Reforming the Justice System (New York) June 21, 2018
Today’s podcast is with Jeffrey Deskovic. At 16 years old in New York Jeff was convicted of raping and murdering a high school classmate. He was an innocent man. He spent 16 years behind bars and was released in 2006 after a long fight
RJI Supports AB 3120: Childhood Sexual Abuse-Eliminating Statutes of Limitation (California)
June 7, 2018 RJI is pleased to support AB 3120 (as amended April 19) in the California Legislature authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher which eliminates the statute of limitations (in civil cases) for victims of childhood sexual abuse among other provisions. RJI
RJI’s Testimony: Australian Standing Committee–Child Abuse, Institutional abuse (June 2018)
June 5, 2018 RJI has submitted new written testimony to the Australian Standing Committee on Community Affairs regarding the following legislation: Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2017 and consequential amendments. The committee has accepted our testimony and it is now
Criminal justice reform in the U.S. Is restorative justice on the agenda?
The following is a link to a number of interviews done on the PBS News Hour on August 7th, 2014 (and earlier in August) which focused on the American criminal justice system. Included in this segment are interviews with U.S. Attorney General