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 francisco, and that has not been the case for the past decade. but he s coming today to talk about his views. we also have a former warden at san quentin who surprised th
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
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 here in the bay area but th
more than that, i feel like i am the luckiest guy to know that my home is being protected by these officers. it was a long time in the editing process. i am grateful to hear your stories over and over again. thank you for saving lives. [applause] that pretty much concludes the presentation. if anybody has any questions, anybody up here or any of the officers super dissipated in the video. then we will conclude. and you did not talk a lot about what you felt about it rid can you give us an idea of what you feel the impact of watching the video will have on the people who are watching it? i do not think there is a person in here who did not tear up a little bit watching this thing. just the heart to come out. when lee said, do you want to do it? it was a no-brainer. i did not know it would turn out like this. i could not be prouder of all the san francisco police officers who are here for our lgbt kids or any kids. kids deserve to grow up free of all the other nonsense. t