When circles have been exhausted. The killer is taken to the ocean, tied up and dropped into the water. This empathy ceremony takes place in front of the entire community. The immediate family members of the victim, are given the option of saving the life of the killer or letting them drown. Is the family saves the person's life. They are then required to take the place of the person killed within the community. They are expected to pay a debt for the life taken for however long the harmed parties deem necessary, but they do so within the community living, as integrated members.