“What the hell is this? Some more “restorative justice” B.S.?”
Not sure what you mean. If he did the crime he deserves to be punished.
Restorative justice is a philosophy that rehabilitation and understanding are much more important that punishment and incarceration. I always figure it is in play when I see popular lines used like:
“felt responsible for some inappropriate conduct,” and “wanted to resolve it for everybody” by pleading guilty.
and:
As for sending Smith to prison, he said, “I don’t think it would have done anybody any good.”
All B.S. If the victims were little kids I could see the concern for them. But we are talking 26 and 35 years old here.