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When a family experiences the loss of a loved one due to a brutal crime, such as a murder,
they experience great pain and want to seek justice. The family, community, and the courts wish
to seek retribution and to see the criminal offender pays for the crimes they have committed. In
this case the family is suffering from the brutal murder of a loved one that has resulted in the
criminal offender being sentenced to death. When an offender commits a capital crime and is
found guilty of the crime the punishment will be a life sentence or the death penalty. In order for
this criminal offender to be sentenced to the death penalty the murder must have included special
circumstances.
While the goal of many communities and families of murder victims is retribution in some
cases a family member will need to engage in what is known as a restorative justice process.
Family members of a murder victim are often isolated from every aspect of the case and usually
only hear the evidence as it is laid out in a court of law. While the victim experience and the need
for them to be empowered and affirmed throughout the legal process should be taken into
consideration it is usually no the concern of the criminal justice process. Some family members
feel the need to confront the offender and have the opportunity to ask the questions they need
answered.
On the other hand if a family that has been devastated by the loss of a family member due to a
brutal crime any type of restorative justice measures between them and the victim may be
rejected. The family members may feel that the offender has violated their right to privacy and
has no right to ask them for forgiveness. This type of justice process would be a personal
decision that would need to be made individually by each family member. While many of the

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CRJS420-IP5 Name Class Date Professor CRJS420-IP5 When a family experiences the loss of a loved one due to a brutal crime, such as a murder, they experience great pain and want to seek justice. The family, community, and the courts wish to seek retribution and to see the criminal offender pays for the crimes they have committed. In this case the family is suffering from the brutal murder of a loved one that has resulted in the criminal offender being sentenced to death. When an offender commits a capital crime and is found guilty of the crime the punishment will be a life sentence or the death penalty. In order for this criminal offender to be sentenced to the death penalty the murder must have included special circumstances. While the goal of many communities and families of murder victims is retribution in some cases a family member will need to engage in what is known as a restorative justice process. Family members of a murder victim are often isolated from every aspect of the case and usually only hear the evidence as it is laid out in a court of law. While the victim experience and the need for them to be empowered and affirmed throughout the legal process should be taken into consideration it is usually no the concern of the criminal justice process. Some family members feel the need to confront the offender and have the opportunity to ask the questions they need answered. On the other hand if a family that has been devastated by t ...
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