Ep. 16 (excerpts) - Lisa Daniels: A Mother Who Forgave Her Son's Killer and Lives Restorative Justice

Lisa Daniels: Finding Healing Through Restorative Practices Lisa Daniels transformed her grief into purpose after forgiving her son’s killer. As founder of the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices, —named after her son—she embodies the principles of restorative justice and the forgiveness teachings from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. Through her powerful story, Lisa reveals how the criminal justice system often sidelines victims’ interests and perspectives, even when claiming to seek justice on their behalf. Her perspective comes not from naïve idealism but from lived experience, including her service on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. There, she reviewed applications […]