Capturing the emotional journey of Healing Justice
Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes producer Shari Finkelstein took a unique approach to their story, capturing the raw emotions of crime victims and wrongfully convicted men during a three-day retreat.
Updated on: July 19, 2026 / 7:01 PM EDT / CBS News
This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Lesley Stahl and a 60 Minutes team reported on Healing Justice, a nonprofit organization that brings together survivors, of crimes like sexual assault and rape, wrongfully convicted people, and family members— all from different cases— for a three-day retreat to help heal the deep wounds caused when the justice system gets it wrong.
The retreat involved writing exercises, group sessions and art therapy activities that are designed to help participants speak openly about their pain and loss, understand their own feelings, and better understand each other.
"They come in with impacted emotions: bitterness, guilt, sadness," Stahl told 60 Minutes Overtime. "It's hard to know whether one weekend can change you that much. But the beginning of a change certainly happens. We were there and watched it. We saw it."
With their permission and cooperation, the participants and Healing Justice allowed 60 Minutes cameras to capture the emotional journeys of participants over the course of three days.
Stahl and producer Shari Finkelstein spoke to 60 Minutes Overtime about their earlier reporting on the program's founder and the unique approach they took to produce their story.