[ applause ]. John our legal system is a mess. Every single lawyers due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. But at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didnt do. We know that now because dna evidence is more available. These innocent people were jailed. I was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. I spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didnt commit. John how does that happen . Tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. The system is not as accurate as people think it is . Its not. Our system is badly flawed. More flawed than many people want to admit john. As you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered weve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because theyve been thrown in prison for crimes they didnt commit. John Chris Christie said without question america ha
[ applause ]. John our legal system is a mess. Every single lawyers due takes forever, and the guilty get away with it. But at the same time lots of people are locked up for things they didnt do. We know that now because dna evidence is more available. These innocent people were jailed. I was wrongfully convicted of a murder and rape of my friend, and i spent almost 20 years in prison nar crime. I spent 11 years and 3 months in prison. 20 years, 9 months and 5 days in prison for a crime i didnt commit. John how does that happen . Tim lynch runs the project on criminal justice for the cato institute. The system is not as accurate as people think it is . Its not. Our system is badly flawed. More flawed than many people want to admit, john. As you said since dna evidence came on the scene, we discovered weve got hundreds and hundreds of people who had their lives shattered because theyve been thrown in prison for crimes they didnt commit. John Chris Christie said without question america
Gop frontrunner in alabama. Im erica grow. More of the great weather we had yesterday lies haze in the first alert 7day forecast. Im mike hydeck. And im erica grow. We want to start with the breaking news. The total number of homicides in the district is now 101. The first occurred in northeast dc in the 300 block of 54th street. And the second in the 1300 block of stevens road in southeast d. C. , both victims are male and died from multiple gunshot wounds. Another man is in serious condition in the hospital. And 20 hours plus after a man barricaded himself inside a northeast d. C. Home he is is keeping police at bay. A woman was shot and killed outside the home. This happened after a dispute with a relative and surae chinn has the story. Reporter residents are waking up with the ongoing situation as they are sheltering in place. Police are maintaining a Large Police Presence. I want to show you folks in Tactical Gear and a lot of police on the block. Theyre using this as a staging ar
Virginia Police Officer gunned downon tothe south and east. More west of town the National Weather service has dropped for whats the Winter Weather advisories. They are in effect a little while longer. Then the counties in white in the Northern Neck and also st. Marys, most are winter storm warnings. You can see the snow is presenting down to the south here. In western charles and most of prince georges now, were not picking up much in doppler activity here. Outside our been down in maryland checking conditions. Thankfully, wet roads this morning. Reporter wet roadways coming down, and robert is talking about, people are driving at the speed limit or a little bit under. Here in clinton the snow has stopped falling. Two inches total. The only place it has stuck it is the grass, bushes and trees and on top of cars and at the gas station most people are doing the right thing and brushing the snow off the top of their cars. And i was also clearing the snow off my vehicle. You know, the per
Anger and some encouragement. Peggy fox tells us how the proposal is offering hope to some educators in high immigrant d. C. Area communities. Reporter virginia education secretary anne holton is here at Highland Valley Elementary School celebrating a success. The school has pulled out of warning status for accreditation. Were proud of those results and its been through a lot of hard work in the last several years. Reporter haidl valley elementary has more children in poverty than any other Fairfax County school. For more than 84 of the students here, their first language is spanish. Its so exciting to see a school dealing with the challenges, very high free and reduced lunch and english language learners and yet doing phenomenal work. Reporter but 20 other Fairfax County schools are still struggling failing to meet accreditation. 92 of the children here are on free and reduced lunch which is an indicator of poverty status. Immigration attorneys are hopeful the new policy will help lif