Jeanne Bishop

Jeanne Bishop is a public defender in Cook County, Illinois, and an activist for the abolition of the death penalty. She writes regularly for The Huffington Post, and her work has been featured on CNN.com, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Chicago Tribune, among others, and she has spoken around the world on issues related to crime and capital punishment.

Justice, Mercy, and Making Peace with My Sister's Killer

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Jeanne Bishop

Could you forgive your sister's killer? "You have to forgive because you have been forgiven," said author Jeanne Bishop in reference to Jesus' Gospel message. Change of Heart shares her journey of moving beyond the concept of "forgiving and forgetting" to personal reconciliation with the man who killed her pregnant sister and brother-in-law. Her decision to forgive didn't come without a price though, and Bishop addresses the sacrifices that she made in the book. Bishop's work also b...
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Publication Date: 02/18/2015