We are pleased to share this interview with Holloran Center Fellow Hank Shea. This was originally published by Harvard Law School’s Center on the Legal Profession.

“I started to ask, How could I still do my job but achieve justice outside the box? During plea negotiations, I started encouraging defendants to pay restitution immediately, not when the court orders it. In cases of public corruption and environmental crimes where the whole community is being harmed, I said, ‘If you really want to do the right thing, do something to restore and heal the entire community.'”

You can read the interview here.

Hank Shea is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney. He is a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and is a Fellow at the Holloran Center and the Initiative on Restorative Justice and Healing.