Summary Of The Restoration Of Faith By Amitava Kumar

The Restoration of Faith

As Author, Amitava Kumar, shares an unusual story that tells of a law that is

normally used for other types of crimes besides murder, Restoration Justice. Kumar gives details of how both sets of parents came together in effort to forgive and

heal, so they can try not carry the anger along with the grief, with providing a suitable

sentence for the crime (shorter incarceration, with probation for obligation of the

daughter’s death, verse life in prison and possibility of the death penalty for the

offender) by using this law. Kumar explains of how the victim’s father said his dying

daughter’s last request was for him to forgive the offender who killed her which he does.

A combined effort of all parents of both the victim,

and offender a female lawyer was
found, who is an expert in Restoration Justice was hired, and she helped facilitate the
case. Kumar states this lawyer explained the significance of how this law worked, and
expressed it’s never been used for a murder case before, however she was willing to
try. Kumar proceeded to mentioned that during the same timeframe there was a case in
the headlines (a young girl gang raped in India) and the lawyer was asked her opinion if
Restoration Justice be applicable which the lawyer said no because the young girl
(victim) and her father wanted all the offenders hung. In the end of this article, Kumar
does say the lawyer too had learn how forgive an offender of a wrong doing and that
she shared a similar feeling the father did of daughter who was murdered, once she
released the anger.