When Justice Fails Survivors: Punishment, Healing, and the Truth We Avoid

About this episode

The episode features Marlee Liss discussing her transformative approach to justice and healing for survivors.

This episode I had the honor of speaking with the wonderful and amazing Marlee Liss. Marlee is single-handedly changing how justice looks and feels - depsite centuries of traditional punishment systems. Marlee's work has been featured in Forbes, Huff Post, Buzzfeed, the Mel Robbins Show and more. As an award-winning speaker, she's delivered talks for: National Sexual Assault Conference, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto, Action Trauma Summit, Women's Mental Health Conference at Yale and more. Her story was made into a documentary directed by Kelsey Darragh titled, 'The Limits of Forgiveness,' and her book on re-imagining justice will be released with Penguin Random House in Spring 2027. Learn more at @marleeliss and @survivors4justicereform learn more about Marlee and support her work here: instagram - https://www.instagram.com/marleeliss/ https://www.instagram.com/survivors4justicereform/ https://www.marleeliss.com/speaking https://www.survivors4justicereform.com/

People in this episode

Host: Tom Datro

Guest: Marlee Liss

Topics covered

• justice reform
• survivor advocacy
• punishment systems
• healing
• forgiveness
• mental health

Keywords

• justice
• survivors
• healing
• punishment
• advocacy
• forgiveness
• mental health
• documentary
• speaking engagements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forbes, Huff Post, Buzzfeed, National Sexual Assault Conference, Vanderbilt University, University of Toronto, Action Trauma Summit, Women's Mental Health Conference at Yale, Penguin Random House

Books & works: The Limits of Forgiveness

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