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.
That is their age today, not when the were molested.
The victims are now adults.
They were children when it happened.