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Podcast examines forgiveness and redemption as ‘Punch’ play retells fatal blow that killed paramedic

Podcast examines forgiveness and redemption as ‘Punch’ play retells fatal blow that killed paramedic

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A high-profile U.K. podcast is drawing new attention to questions of justice, forgiveness and prison reform through the real-life story behind a transatlantic stage play now running in London’s West End. “Can the Justice and Prison System Be Truly Transformed?” examines the aftermath of a single punch that killed a young paramedic in 2011 and the unlikely journey of remorse and reconciliation that followed.

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