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Bennett shes tracking this very unusual weather for the bay area tonight jacqueline we will see more activity over the north bay as well. It is to the activity is starting up and especially over this sierra. Only over the sierra is the mountains was elevated pat duron. Obviously the ground level is a lot higher in the sierra. Satellite radar pictures again to the east and to the north and off shore. This afternoon it has shifted and tracking to the north over the next few hours into tomorrow. We...

Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you. Giffordss testimony was followed by an intense day of questioning including Patrick Leahy and dick durbin taking on the head of nra. Wayne la pierre. Should we have mandatory background checks at gun shows for the sales . If you are a dealer, thats already the law. Thats not my question. Im not trying to play games here. If you could, just answer my question. I do not believe the way the law is working now unfortunately that it do...

Supreme court decision. One of the most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital...

10th annual public defenders summit. Im so excited to be here today. Our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. We draw together attorneys, community leaders, nonprofit leaders and directors and people committed to improving the criminal Justice System. We come together once a year to talk about the issues and problems that we want to solve. This year is a particularly special summit because yesterday marked the 50th an niversary of the Supreme Court decision. One of the m...

Welcoming chris to the stage. Thank you, jeff and great to see so many people here today. As jeff said im a partner at van ness and happy to the the president of the Bar Association this year. Its great to be here on this particular day with a great group of panelist talking about a very important subject. We are also proud at the Bar Association to partner with jeffs office to represent indigent clients and very proud of that relationship and committed to it going forward. This summit focused o...

Welcome, everyone to the 10th annual public defenders summit. Im so excited to be here today. Our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. We draw together attorneys, community leaders, nonprofit leaders and directors and people committed to improving the criminal Justice System. We come together once a year to talk about the issues and problems that we want to solve. This year is a particularly special summit because yesterday marked the 50th an niversary of the Supreme Cou...

It was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a lawyer. You had to represent yourself. The gideon decision changed that for felony cases and that brought other cases. But this is still a basic right that we are fighting for each and every day there was a New York Times article yesterday, its cal...

Supreme court decision. One of the most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital...

Advocates, all of our church going folks as well as people that are not going to go to church but might touch us on a Community Service basis point. We have to step it up in our Community Organizing and work even closer together to prevent and to provide alternatives before things happen to suggest dispute resolution and abilities to argue is fine. But fighting and using violence as the answer that is not an answer for anybody. [applause] so our San Francisco approach, one that has been derived ...

Much worry about funding the judicial system and not enough worry about the cost for equal justice. This is the 50th anniversary of gideon, more articles are written, more gatherings like this and more than any that i can remember. Maybe in California Armed with a great public defender and with a like minded d. A. , maybe we can begin to make the societal changes in a dent in a nations shameful conference. Last fall we did make some progress even at the ballot box which has been very difficult d...