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justice system at this time. and were going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, "i do not know what justice is, but i know what it is not." and that is very true when you think about it because its something that we take for granted, that we believe in, that we hope for, but the reality is is that we dont understand and appreciate justice unless we are deprived of it. and in many cases the definition of justice is the correction of an injustice, and...

but i would like to use the remaining time i have with you to remind you that this case is not a difficult one. it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. to begin with, this case should never have come to trial. this case is as simple as black and white. the state has produced not one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime tom robinson is charged with ever took place....

last three executions, and she is now the head of death penalty focus which is an anti-death penalty group. we have somebody, though, who really symbolizes everything thats wrong with the death penalty. in 1983 he was arrested and within 120 days was convicted in two trials which resulted in the death penalty. he was sentenced to angola in louisiana, death row, where they were executing people left and right. he spent 14 years. he had nearly half a dozen execution dates. and yet he sur...

>> gentlemen, i shall be brief but i would like to use the remaining time i have with you to remind you that this case is not a difficult one. it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. to begin with, this case should never have come to trial. this case is as simple as black and white. the state has produced not one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime tom robinson i...

its demise. you might be surprised that we are having a conversation here in san francisco about the death penalty. as you know, our district attorney has indicated that he may seek the death penalty in appropriate cases in san francisco, and that has not been the case for the past decade. but hes coming today to talk about his views. we also have a former warden at san quentin who surprised the last three executions, and she is now the head of death penalty focus which is an anti-deat...

educational gatherings. our history dates back to 1962. we had a judges luncheon in 1962 and our list of ctla presidents goes back that far. i wish i had the time to list them all but i dont. well get that list on our ctla page soon. san francisco is lucky to have ctla to kick around. our shall i say, to have our ctla members to kick around. but seriously, im humbled by the ctla members who every day, every day defend their clients using the constitutions of the united states and calif...

failed, it disappointed me because i thought we were really close. we didnt just have an immigration problem, but we also had a public relations problem, and he talked about that this evening. you have touched on it so many times. that is our strongest ammunition here in our arsenal. we have to get our own lou dobbs on the air, and we have to get him educating the people on the pluses and how immigrants are the backbone of this country. i am going to close out the hearing. this conclud...

>> will be difficult -- >> we put it out to all of our officers in the department. we had a number of volunteers. shawn beautifully, the officers that participated, and one of our dispatchers, they kept saying that it is how comfortable it makes you feel. every single officer, it was not difficult. they wanted to do this. that is something that truly touched my heart. all of us have been there. we have our own coming out stories and we all identify with kids. nobody wants to see a kid ...

of power, abuse of power and how it happens and why it happens and most importantly what we can do and need to do to prevent it. whether its a prosecutor or a judge or a defender render ineffective assistance to counsel or a police officer violating constitutional rights. this is not something we can tolerate, yet it happens each and every day. and our panel is going to delve deep into the issues that were seeing not only here in the bay area but throughout the country and throughout t...

>> welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. im so excited to be here. you know, weve been doing these summits now for seven years, but this by far is the most exciting summit. i cannot wait to hear the panelists that we have today. were going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and were going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, "i do not know what justice is, but...