Restorative justice is a fresh model in criminal policy highlighting the restoration of victims' rights and resolving the issues stemming from the happening of crime and reparation of damages - especially, the harm to the victim with the free and active participation of the victim and the offender and the local community, through negotiation and dialogue in the form of means including mediation and family meetings, and achieving tranquility and reconciliation. This study aimed to explore the capacity of restorative justice in formal laws. The research method is descriptive-analytical and library resources were used. Studies have revealed that because of the extent of the ruling authority in suspending the execution of sentences, the application of alternatives to imprisonment, parole, semi-liberty, and delay of sentencing are good bases for the rehabilitation of criminals to deliver at least indirect prerequisites for repairing the damages to the victim. Repentance, viewed as one of the factors for the abolition of punishment, is not fulfilled in the case of crimes that are in some way related to the violation of the rights of others, except by reimbursing the material or moral damages imposed on the victim. And this can be a suitable way for criminals to try to make up to the victim.
