ABOUT JUSTICE & MERCY

Justice & Mercy is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to decreasing the effects of crime in our communities, increasing public safety, and ministering to and restoring both crime victims and offenders.

We achieve these goals by educating and informing the public at large, advocating cost-effective and practical reforms within the criminal justice system and by supporting and encouraging wise public policy.

 We also network with and support other criminal justice organizations and encourage church and community outreach efforts by working to increase knowledge and understanding of public policy issues.

In The Balance Newsletter Summer 2007
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Commission on Safety and Abuse in America’s Prisons: On April 23 at 10 a.m., a joint session of the Pennsylvania Senate and House Judiciary Committees, chaired by State Senator Stewart Greenleaf and State Representative Thomas Caltagirone at the state Capitol North Building in Harrisburg, heard testimony  [more]

SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE ISSUES

J&M Annual Banquet: Sept. 18, 2008 at Yoder's Restaurant, New Holland, PA.
We all are called to embrace forgiveness, but if the ultimate devastation—murder—takes away a beloved child, can one truly forgive? How can one get beyond the rage that results from such an unjustifiable loss? Are there some acts that can’t be pardoned, acts that are too abhorrent to allow for reconciliation?

At Justice & Mercy’s annual banquet this fall, we will be privileged to hear from a survivor and an offender in such a tragedy--a father whose 24-year-old son was murdered and his son’s killer. Their profoundly moving story of reconciliation is a testimony to the redemptive power of God’s grace. [more]

Trading Up: A New Job, A Better Life, A Safer Community [more]