Nfl star Aaron Hernandez ended his life, Prison Guards discovering the 27yearold just after 3 00 this morning. Hernandez using a bed sheet he attached to a window to hang himself blocking the cell door by jamming it with several items. His death coming just days after he was found not guilty for the 2012 murder of two men. Hernandez wipe ago way tears as the jury read the verdict mouthing i love you to his fiance. The two men were gunned down after one of them accidentally spilled a drink on them in a boston nightclub and hernandez serving a life sentence without the possible of parole for the shooting of his friend odin lloyd, a former player that was dating his sister. And winning the 2009 nation championship with florida and went on to play with the new England Patriots from 2010 to 2012. But was cut from the team in 2013 following his arrest in the lloyd murder. Patriots coach was asked about him the other day. Tragedy. His answer in one single word. Prison officials did not find a
Producer and a prison rights activist. The founds the prison to College Pipeline program which provides inmates access to College Course cozy college when theyre released. To my far right is Elizabeth Hinton asian assistant professor of history and africanamerican studies at harvard university. Her Research Focus us on the persistence of poverty and racial inequality in the 20th 20th century united states. She is the author or from the war of poverty to the war on crime. I dont know how many people have any connection to any of the prisons in illinois, but my guess is that they are fairly distant to many of us. Prisons are in many ways Huge Industry in illinois and at the center of the criminal Justice System here. Although you both come at the issue from different angles, id like too first talk about how you came to the subject. Baz. So, i was i actually in a strange way came through journalism. Was doing a lot of writing for main stream publications about crime and pop culture and th
Good afternoon, im steve mills, reporter the talk tribune tied we talk about prison, the astounding growth of the prison population in america and the roll prisons play in society and how that might change in the future mitchell guests are Baz Dreisinger and Elizabeth Hinton. Baz is the author of incarceration nation a she visited prisons in Nine Countries to better understand our attitudes towards crime, punishment and incarceration. A professor at john j. College in new york, baz is also a journalist, film and radio producer and a prison rights activist. The founds the prison to College Pipeline program which provides inmates access to College Course cozy college when theyre released. To my far right is Elizabeth Hinton asian assistant professor of history and africanamerican studies at harvard university. Her Research Focus us on the persistence of poverty and racial inequality in the 20th 20th century united states. She is the author or from the war of poverty to the war on crime.
Lincoln assassination as my topic. I was fascinated by it. The following year the kennedy assassination took place and kept everyones interest and has continued and ive been interested in it and i have done interviews, you know, as far as various groups and lectures and two years ago Roman Littlefield loaned to me an email we see and do lectures on the subject and he said would you loo ick to write a book . Here i am semiretired, a lot less work to do and more time thinking why not . I said okay. They sought me out and i was pleased to say yes. Brian you start with Andrew Jackson. What is that story . Professor feinman Andrew Jackson is the first president we know of that has any problems with assassination threats. There were three such cases. There was the case of a young man who punched him in the nose in 1833, which is pretty minor but a first example of assault. Then we have the father of later lincoln assassination John Wilkes Booth who writes a threatening letter to jackson in 1
Prof. Feinman he is the first president we know what that had any problems with assassination threats. There were three cases. There was the case of a young man who punched him in the nose in 1833. It is our first example. Then we have booth, the father of the lincoln assassin, who writes a threatening letter to jackson in 1835. His handwriting has been authenticated. This is three years before john looks booth is born. John wilkes booth is born. It makes you wonder if it is genetic. Brian there were a lot of duels back in those days. Andrew jackson have been involved. Do you have any idea . How many . Six times. He was a meteor figure, a person who made people furious. He had a contentious time in office. That is what may be caused in his second term that we would have the situation of people threatening his life. In this case, it was only on paper. Then there is Richard Lawrence who actually came to the capital after a funeral. Jackson was there. Actually went ahead and had two pisto