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A Rape Survivor On Justice And Mercy

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Our legal system has methods for punishing perpetrators of sexual assault. But prison time for the guilty doesn’t necessarily equal peace for the victim. Lacy Johnson joins us to talk about her own experience as a sexual assault survivor – and about how she considers her rapist in terms of justice, vengeance and retribution. Her new collection of essays is called “The Reckonings” (Scribner).