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No one should be convicted of a crime if no reasonable person would have known, and if the defendant did not know, that the conduct charged against him was criminal.

For 25 or 30 years. thats my record, and i guess i would ask you to respectfully to look at my credentials and my record and some of the examples i have given you are from my record. about the capital habeus work, about access to justice. ive spoken about over-criminalization publicly. those are things ive done, senator. >> what about lgbtq individuals? >> well, senator, there are -- what about them? >> well, the point i made is -- >> theyre people. >> of course. what you said earlier is you hav...

At a federalist society event at the problems of over criminalization. can you tell us a bit about that talk? >> yeah, i think its fun to go into audiences and challenge them sometimes, a bit. i think its important. and as to the federalist society, i dont have a card either, and i really dont want a back statement for past due dues. but i attend maybe one event a year, something like that. its all on my forms you all have. at that speech i did talk to the society about the problem of over crimi...

Against over-criminalization of america. they write as americans we like to believe our rule of law and our country is respected and fairly applied and that only those who commit crimes of fraud or violence are punished and imprisoned. but the reality is often different. we have paid a heavy price for mass incarceration and could benefit by reversing this trend to bring about transformation we must set aside partisan politics, and solutions, thats why weve partnered with national criminal defens...

That 11 people are dead ten wounded, five of them seriously in a shooting in eastern paris. there are very few details but were going to bring you more as we get them. there are some other aspects of this which are potentially really disturbing about where this may be coming from. obviously, a horrible story out of eastern paris. 11 dead ten wounded in a shooting unfolding there right now. we will be gathering our resources together and getting more access to this story. we will bring it to you ...

Intensely mart sand house of representatives on a judiciary committee, with i is a source of constant conflict, whether thats on gun rights or reproductive rights, or immigration rights, im a part of a bipartisan task force on over criminalization, five republican, five democrats, that was put together this year to tackle the issue of overcriminalization, mass incarceration, out of control sentencing that has occurred at the federal level and so im very hopeful that in this climate, well actuall...

Decision. >> i think that we have this massive problem with pot in our country. its been done by the over criminalization of pot by our over focus on a drug that is not as dangerous as other drugs identify seen out there. and bringing people together in a nondemagogue fashion is important. former dnc chair terry mcauliffe is beginning to look like favorite. he has 44% support of likely virginia reporters while ken cuccinelli pick ud up 37%. the reasons behind mcauliffes leads, hes stronger amo...

The time is right. america is ready to get smart on crime. joining me now is new york congressman hakeem jeffries, representing the boroughs of brooklyn and queens. he is on a congressional task force, looking at overcriminalization in america. and barbara arnwine, president of the lawyers committee for civil rights. thank you both for joining me. >> thank you, rev. >> thank you. >> congressman, let me go to you first. what is your reaction to the news that new york officials will begin appealin...

Hurt, but yet, in sanford, you kill a youth and, yet, youre not guilty. im not comparing it, but its something wrong with the system, and we need to double down and change the law. thats the state legislators. we need judges to give them more discretion. >> yep. >> we need to -- we need to deal with the criminal justice system. and let me just say one thing, as a mother, we tell our children, do not talk to strangers. >> right. >> and we work with them to talk with the police force. but george z...

Mark levin and others are taking seriously this whole issue of over-criminalization. so the first thing, as the congresswoman said, is that the judge had no choice. but this case was overcharged. the congresswoman agrees that angela coreys predecessor, harry shorstein would have never, ever charged this case. >> never. never. he never would have charged her like this. never. >> and congresswoman -- >> and youre talking about someone that had no priors. a person who had a masters degree, had a jo...