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Restorative Justice is a Mandated Component of Hawai'i's Reentry System

2012; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.2137893

1556-5068

Kat Brady, Lorenn Walker,

Asian American and Pacific Histories

Hawai‘i Governor Linda Lingle distinguished herself as the first governor in the United States to veto a reentry bill. But Hawai’i community justice advocates never gave up and they were well organized. In July 2007, the Hawai‘i State Legislature convened a special session to override some of Governor Lingle’s vetoes. In this session, Senate Bill 932 was overwhelmingly supported by a bipartisan vote. The bill was passed into law the first year that it was introduced unusual for Hawai'i — demonstrating widespread community support for the measure.