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New Hampshire's Victim Offender Dialogue Program

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Sunday's Manchester Union Leader reported, "Victims can ask to meet those who hurt them most," written by Michael Cousineau.Today marks the 20-year anniversary of Renny Cushing's father getting gunned down when he answered his front door in Hampton. "Nothing prepares you to have a family member murdered," Cushing said in a recent phone interview. "It challenges a lot of assumptions about your life," he said. "Part of what you have to do is claim control over your life." Two neighbors, former Hampton police officer Robert McLaughlin Sr. and his wife, Susan, were convicted in the June 1, 1988, murder of Robert Cushing Sr. Cushing did get to talk to Susan McLaughlin, who is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).