Doing Justice Excerpt: “Beyond Justice”

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🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The sixth and final episode of Preet's new narrative podcast Doing Justice, an adaptation of his bestselling book, is out today! In this excerpt, Rais Bhuiyan describes how he began to forgive the man who shot him in a post-9/11 hate crime. Listen to the full episode for free here: cafe.com/doing-justice-podcast/episode-3-god-forbid Click here to subscribe to Doing Justice on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/doingjustice Click here to subscribe to Doing Justice on Spotify: spoti.fi/3rhiMUM Purchase the paperback of the bestselling book that inspired the podcast, Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law: doingjusticebook.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, pre here.
0:03.0	Doing justice is my new narrative podcast based on my book and brought to you by Cafe Studios,
0:07.5	The Home of Stay Tuned.
0:09.2	It explores cases from the unique perspective of prosecutors grappling with urgent legal,
0:13.2	ethical, and moral questions.
0:15.3	This is an excerpt from the sixth and final episode.
0:18.0	You can go listen to the full episode now for free.
0:21.0	Search for doing justice and subscribe wherever you're listening now.
0:27.2	Grace eventually put his life back together.
0:30.6	He got $50,000 from the Texas Victim Compensation Program, which helped cover most of his medical
0:36.1	bills.
0:37.4	He got a new job that he liked in IT.
0:41.0	He leased a Nissan, and he leaned more and more on his faith.
0:45.6	His life was finally back on track.
0:49.6	In 2009, Grace went on a pilgrimage to Mecca with his mom.
0:55.7	As he circled around the Kaaba, he started to reflect more deeply on what had happened
1:00.4	to him.
1:01.9	I kept thinking about my shooting incident.
1:05.0	I had two choices.
1:06.9	I there see myself as a victim, remaining depressed, angry, and feeling sorry for the
1:14.2	rest of my life, or follow my mother's advice, utilizing my God-gifted willpower to drop
1:21.7	the grudge.
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