room. this is the one that is supposed to be barred off and locked up. the ole andersonner oleander. this popular shrub is popular in warm climates. it has been implicated in a surprising number of murders and accidental deaths. children are at risk because it takes only a few leaves to kill them. a southern california woman tried to collect on her husband s life insurance by putting the leaves in his food. she is now one of 15 women on california s death rowan the only one who attempted to murder with a plant. people who may haven t been to their cons tore or been to do serve tore or their botanical garden, it gives them a reason to come back. you think let s go and look at the pretty flowers. these are pretty flowers, but they are flowers with weird and fascinating stories behind them. that is really fun and really not what people normally think of when they come to a horticultural institution. wicked plants is now showing at the san francisco conserve tore of f
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 o
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other possibilities for young kids. i am also proud to say that i have very significant endorsements, beginning with pamela harris, the former d.a., are of the entire pool of people and people she knew very well, came to support me and wholeheartedly support me in this endeavor. i have the support of dianne feinstein, our senator appeared our former mayor and now a lieutenant governor gavin newsom. i have the support of the shares association, the police officers association, and 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
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 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