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
appeared as police chief, homicide dropped nearly in half when i was here. when i became district attorney in january, i continue that trajectory by moving immediately to reduce the backlog in homicide. thanks to some of those efforts, today, we enjoy nearly 90% conviction rate in homicide, but i know from firsthand experience that making the city save is not just about making arrests and prosecutions. it is about gaining trust in the community and making their lives better. that is why i created neighborhood courts that differ low-level offenders away from prison while entering the take responsibility for their crimes and their victims are made whole. we have neighborhood courts now it bayview and mission and other states will continue until we have their programs citywide. that is also why i have taken victim services directly into our community so victims such as the elderly and those who have suffered from domestic violence receive the services they need without having to
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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
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