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Criminal justice leaders tout the benefits of ‘restorative justice’ at NCCU forum

Durham police chief, sheriff, and D.A. agree that county’s practices and experience can be a model for systemic reform

Durham Police Chief Patrice Andrews teared up as she sat in a close circle of people in the Great Hall of North Carolina Central University’s Law School.

“When I was much younger I was the victim of a very brutal rape,” she told the assembled law students. “And I had kind of struggled with that, obviously. Because I never reported it. Because I kind of felt like I deserved it. I put myself in a situation and I was made to feel that I deserved it.”