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A Different Way to Respond When Kids Do Something Wrong Restorative practices - taking responsibility, making amends, and seeking forgiveness - are an alternative to strict punishments and blame.
In January 1995, Tariq Khamisa was 20 years old. Tony Hicks was 14. Khamisa, a college student, was working his shift delivering pizza the night Hicks's gang tried to rob him. According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, when the gang leader handed Hicks a gun and told him to shoot, he did. Khamisa died. Hicks was tried as an adult and ultimately received a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
Justice seemed to have prevailed - a severe punishment for a horrendous crime - but in reality, it still wasn't enough to fill the emptiness felt by each of the families. Tariq's father, Azim Khamisa, asked to meet Ples Felix, Hicks's grandfather and guardian. When they met, Felix vowed to do anything he could to help the family. Incredibly, Azim Khamisa went on to forgive Hicks, whom he eventually visited in prison in 2000. Explaining that he "saw tragedy on both sides of the gun that day," he launched the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (TKF), and a month later, asked Felix to join him.
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