Oklahoma § 22-305.7 - Restorative justice pilot program
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 22-305.7 — Restorative justice pilot program, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 22-305.7. Restorative justice pilot program
A. Beginning November 1, 2021, the District Attorneys Council
is hereby authorized to develop and administer a five-year
restorative justice pilot program that shall utilize citizen-led
mediation panels. The purpose of the program shall be to divert
offenders from the traditional prosecution model through use of a
deferred prosecution agreement, while utilizing evidence-based
practices and techniques to create a community-based restorative
justice program that focus on the rehabilitation of offenders
through reconciliation with victims and the community at large.
B. For purposes of this section, the term "restorative justice
program" is defined as an alternative means to the traditional
criminal justice model for qualifying nonviolent offenses. The
restorative justice program under the provisions of this section
should seek to have offenders take responsibility for their actions,
understand the harms they have committed and provide an opportunity
for offenders to make amends with the victims, themselves and their
communities.
C. The pilot program shall expire at the conclusion of five (5)
years from the effective date of this act.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 108, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
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Section 22-305.7 ("Restorative justice pilot program") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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