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I want to a break from the reading and talk about why that issue is so hard for people to grasp and why Reform Efforts have been stymied. Its been interesting for me reporting on this last yearandahalf and trying to talk to people at the water cooler and a bar, my friends at dinner parties, whatever, and i would just say the words indigent defense and peoples eyes would glaze over and they are like what is that . What does that have to do with me. Even the word indigent. I started use is poor pe...

Village boys, salon and author of two other books home fires burning, married to military for better or worse. She had traveled all over the country for a yearandahalf to cover at the quality of the indigent today. She had to travel the count country to get here today. She came from maryland. We are very excited shes here. Her well recent investigation shows inadequacy of our legal system. Lets welcome her. [ applause ] hi, thanks for having me. Im very excited to be here, if a bit sleepy. As he...

Should be defended at no cost. Where journalist and concerned citizens will gather at the San Francisco public defenders 2013 justice summit on march 19 to discuss ways to better fulfill gideons promise justice for all where clarence combid gideon convicted to be stealing change at a pool hall. He wrote a petition to the Supreme Court from his jail cell arguing that his rights had been violated. He presented a victory for civil rights and justice. San francisco one of the first cities in the Uni...

And restaurants will stay open write for a selfguided art crawl and a showcase of art and entertainment if north beach the first fray days art crawl is a great way to celebrate the neighborhood. Plus want some healthy competition. May stand a principles for king of pop. The Michael Jackson dj part and pay tribute to the king of pop at principles and michael experience celebrate their work with a healthy dose of competition as he go head to head to the of these two cultural icon and is so tight e...

Get down, get down, get down. Sandra a gunman opened fire hitting two people and killing a third. Police confirm they are searching for a man armed with a long gun. It happened during a Third Straight night of violent protests in the city following the shooting of jacob blake by police on sunday. Much more on this. Meanwhile it is day three of the Republican National convention. It will get underway soon with the theme land of heroes. Melania trump urged the country to come together amidst all t...

The Republican National convention. Live from studio 3a in rockefeller plaza. Thank you for being with us tonight. We are very, very happy that you are here with us. Im Rachel Maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york. Joined at roughly double arms length by joy reid and nicolle wallace. Our friend Brian Williams will be with us later this ooefg. Tonight is night two of what looks like a Republican National convention, but technically isnt the actual convention convened already and adjourned...

It is a work in progress, not always perfect. Some look at American Opportunity and see only problems. They want equal outcome, not equal opportunities. They criticize without solutions, demand wealth without work. Their ways are historical failures evidenced by tyranny and poverty, a prevailing darkness in every country thats been tried. The American Dream inspired by American Opportunity is the engine of entrepreneurship. The inspiration to the greatest inventions, the highest achievements, an...

In the big ten conference, including student death, admission policies and campus safety, this interview with Indiana University president Michael Mcrobbie is 45 minutes. This morning, the cspan bus is on the campus of Indiana University in bloomington. On it, we are joined by the president of Indiana University, Michael Mcrobbie. Thank you very joining us. Delighted to be here and welcome to Indiana University. Thank you for the invitation. Can we start, president , with your general thoughts b...

Periods of time. We heard about the serious impact, fiscal impact of solitary confinement. It costs almost three times as much to keep a federal prisoner in segregation than in the general population. And we learned about the human impact of holdsing tens of thousands of men, women and children in small, windowless cells 23 hours a day, for days, for months and for years with very little if any contact with the outside world. This extreme isolation can have serious psychological impacts on an in...

Just for your use, our staff had put together a summary of the evaluations that several of our speakers today had put into their presentations. So when you are looking for things that you can work on, we have put it all on one page for you. So take that as grist for your legislative mill or your policy mill. I want to thank you for your attention to a really under underappreciated set of issues that we were ai belieble to add. I want to thank our friends for allow us to put this together and hel...