Rwanda: Trying to Move On
A special series reported by Jeb Sharp and edited by Jennifer Goren. Winner of the 2007 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Part III: Reintegrating Rwanda’s killers
Rwanda faces a huge challenge nearly 13 years after the genocide. Huge numbers of people were killed but huge numbers of people have also been implicated in the killings. The Rwandan government wants justice for the victims but it also wants to promote reconciliation. So it’s created a program of community service. It’s designed to help confessed killers ease back into society.
