Jaundiced Justice: Systemic Biases and Structural Violence in the Criminal System and the Need for Restorative Justice

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of wrongful convictions and the importance of restorative justice in addressing systemic biases in the criminal justice system.

Wrongful Convictions, Survivor Shaming and Moving from Retribution to Healing Discussion with Jennifer Thompson, founder of Healing Justice, on the profound trauma caused by wrongful convictions and the transformative potential of restorative justice. We discuss systemic failures in the criminal justice system—including structural racism and sexism—that deny victims, survivors and defendants, and their families, justice. We discuss Jennifer’s personal journey to becoming a restorative justice practitioner and criminal justice reform advocate. We discuss wrongful convictions, best practices for collection of eyewitness identification and the need for corroborative evidence. We also discuss victim blaming and the secondary trauma caused to sexual assault survivors by the criminal justice system. Finally, we discuss the need for circles and creating space to sit with uncomfortable narratives and listen to each other, prioritizing empathy and belonging, to rebuild our national community. For More Info: https://thegravity.fm/#/episode/70

People in this episode

Host: Alexandra Arneri

Guest: Jennifer Thompson

Topics covered

• wrongful convictions
• restorative justice
• systemic bias
• structural violence
• victim blaming
• criminal justice reform

Keywords

• wrongful convictions
• restorative justice
• structural racism
• eyewitness identification
• victim shaming
• secondary trauma
• criminal justice reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Healing Justice, Gravity FM