we re approaching today. we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of a novel that really defined american justice in the 1960 s and that s to kill a mockingbird. and many a lawyer was motivated by atticus finch in his closing argument in that case which in many ways represented the civil rights movement that was to come and it already begun. we have best-selling authors. we have a real-life atticus finch, tony serra, who is here and has motivated so many of us to do what we do. our second panel looks at abuse 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 it s 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 we re seeing not only he
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. we re going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and we re 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 it s something that we take for granted, that we believe in, that we hope for, but the reality is is that we don t 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 that s really the spisht that we re approaching today. we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of a novel that really defined american justice in the 1960 s and that s to kill a mockingbird. and many a lawyer was motivated by
definition of justice is the correction of an injustice, and that s really the spisht that we re approaching today. we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of a novel that really defined american justice in the 1960 s and that s to kill a mockingbird. and many a lawyer was motivated by atticus finch in his closing argument in that case which in many ways represented the civil rights movement that was to come and it already begun. we have best-selling authors. we have a real-life atticus finch, tony serra, who is here and has motivated so many of us to do what we do. our second panel looks at abuse 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 it s 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 ev
by atticus finch in his closing argument in that case which in many ways represented the civil rights movement that was to come and it already begun. we have best-selling authors. we have a real-life atticus finch, tony serra, who is here and has motivated so many of us to do what we do. our second panel looks at abuse 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 it s 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 we re seeing not only here in the bay area but throughout the country and throughout the world. our third panel after lunch will talk about the future of the death penalty and hopefully its demise. you might be surprised that we are having a conversation here in
welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. i m so excited to be here. you know, we ve 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. we re going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and we re 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 it s something that we take for granted, that we believe in, that we hope for, but the reality is is that we don t 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 that s really the spisht that we re approaching today. we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of a novel that r