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     611A.775 Restorative justice programs. 

    A community-based organization, in collaboration with a 
 local governmental unit, may establish a restorative justice 
 program.  A restorative justice program is a program that 
 provides forums where certain individuals charged with or 
 petitioned for having committed an offense meet with the victim, 
 if appropriate; the victim's family members or other supportive 
 persons, if appropriate; the offender's family members or other 
 supportive persons, if appropriate; a law enforcement official 
 or prosecutor when appropriate; other criminal justice system 
 professionals when appropriate; and members of the community, in 
 order to: 

    (1) discuss the impact of the offense on the victim and the 
 community; 

    (2) provide support to the victim and methods for 
 reintegrating the victim into community life; 

    (3) assign an appropriate sanction to the offender; and 

    (4) provide methods for reintegrating the offender into 
 community life. 

    HIST: 1998 c 367 art 2 s 25 

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