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When direct experience contradicts your assumptions about what victims want

I used to support the death penalty until I started volunteering with families of murder victims and learned that most of them don't actually want it.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

He's discovering that his beliefs were based on assumptions rather than the lived reality of those most affected.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The death penalty — all perspectives?”

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