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>it's basically a system where those who do crimes get zero punishment
No, this is incorrect. Because the belief is that all crime is a product of basic needs not being met by society, "restorative justice" means that the punishment for a crime is not nothing, but is in fact to give the CRIMINAL things as a reward. IE: If they steal, it means they need food, so you give them free food. If they murder, it means they carry generational trauma from slavery and they get given 20 acres and a mule and classes on how to farm and someone to tell them they're a good boy.
Leftists believe that even the most horrific crimes are directly a behavioral product of the criminal not being given enough free stuff by the rest of the society. You'd think the word "restorative justice" would imply it's the victim being "restored", but it's actually the opposite. In Leftism, the victim is basically completely unimportant and in fact is often never even mentioned at all. When someone steals, you help the person doing the stealing. What about the victim, the guy who got stolen from? Doesn't matter, it's just stuff, who cares. Same with violence, violence is an outburst of emotion at unmet needs. The victim of the violence isn't the one with the deep generational scars of trauma, they don't need anything.