The Globe’s Gary Mason takes a retrospective look at how Restorative Justice practices could help with the Stanley Cup rioters.
One of many signs of remorse after the 2011 Stanley Cup riots.
“Throwing an engineering student in jail for three months because he behaved like an idiot one night doesn’t make sense.
There may be nothing in the 2011 Stanley Cup riot report as contentious as the recommendation that the government consider forms of restorative justice to deal with some of the perpetrators.
It is a viewpoint markedly at odds with the hang-’em-high rhetoric we have heard from Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu and B.C. Premier Christy Clark since the riot occurred. The latter sentiment, I’ll concede, is likely shared by a wide swath of the population across the country.”
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