Correctional institutions throughout the United States people think that you know you have a right to a trial and everybody goes to trial and theres the good prosecutor the and the defense attorney and they battle it out that i think the way it works the way it works is the prosecutors stack up the charges on you and force you to plead guilty to a lesser charge to keep from doing life or double life or triple life people dont get trials what they get is a deal people suggest that anywhere between you know 310 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes for which they were charged Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer stanford law professor and the author of the new jim crow one of the most highly acclaimed studies americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and i did states wind up pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre either or railroaded by Police Officers who give them false inform
A cell in isolation no contact with other juveniles only counselors one hour out for recreation and while they might not be able to introduce an alternate suspect demanded his lawyer not down every argument the prosecution could make. The prosecutor said those could not have seen his mothers body through the back window of the house the sons reflection in the glass and the furniture would have blocked his view his defense was the crime scene pictures were taken on a much sunnier day the prosecution claimed all the bloody footprints in the house matched his shoes this defense says his fingerprints were not found anywhere in the time scene there was no evidence that he wiped anything down i made any attempt to cover his tracks because bruce had nothing to hide the prosecution called Robert Hughes who claimed he was confessed in the 7000 model of county chair and the defense compared Robert Hughes to a used car salesman who wasnt to be trusted. Then one day they wrap their keys on the doo
Get trials what they get is a deal people suggest that anywhere between you know 3 years 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes for which they were charged Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer stanford law professor and the author of the new jim crow one of the most highly acclaimed studies americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and i had it states wind up pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre the theyre railroaded by Police Officers who give them false information or horrors confessions or because theyre afraid of facing you know harsh mandatory minimum sentences and believe that you know the best chance is to just take a plea using average joe you dont know anything about. You know the president the politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you there with these people in this is how they force you to take deals the u. S. Justice system just like any Ju
Education for the unified School District. Tonight is january 14, 2020. This meeting is now called to order. Miss casco, roll call, please. Clerk thank you. [roll call] clerk thank you. President cook tonight, id like to start this meeting in honor of one of my greatest professional heros, malcolm x. Tonight, well have a leadership change, but i wont read a quote in particular. Ill just say, i appreciate his legacy and what hes done in this city, and i hope to continue it in the years to come. Lets see. Section a, general information. Number 1, accessibility information for the public. Number 2 is teleconference information, and there is none tonight. Section b, opening items. Number 1, readopt the board of education rules and procedures as stipulated in series 9000, the board shall adopt its rules at the first regular Board Meeting of the year. Thus, may i hear a motion to readopt the board of education rules and procedures series 9000. Motion. Second. President cook there being no ob
Item, please. Clerk item number 2, general Public Comment. This item is to allow members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Board on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Treasure Island Development Board that do not appear on the agenda. You will hear a single chime when there are 30 seconds remaining. Please state your name and the organization you are representing, if any, for the record. Are there any members of the public who would like to address the board . Yes. Im here to challenge this board that was put together by the former mayor, willie brown, to develop a former radio active site. Theres corruption here, and when we talk about corruption in the city and county of San Francisco, we have to look at this commission and at this whole project, and at robert beck, the director because there has been a cover up at Treasure Island. Students have got sick, people have got sick, families have got sick. Theres radio active material that has been f