People who get out of prison to have a more productive life. Let me just start though, why do we have the highest incarceration rate in the world . Ms. Lynch we certainly do have one of the highest rates in the world. It stems from a number of sources. I think we look back at the efforts that were made never that were truly seeking to reduce violence, to deal with the burgeoning drug problem, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, and the violence that accompanied them. And what people thought was the need to appear very, very tough on crime, without thinking through the results of a lot of those actions. We have lived with those results for now, several generations, seeing the effects of some of the laws and regulations and statutes that we have. Al was the 1994 crime act bad . Was that a mistake . In retrospect, do you think that was a mistake . Ms. Lynch it did not think through all of the consequences of what it thought it would do. It was seeking to address the credible problem of v
I think the rnc rules Committee Going forward with making rules amendment suggestions is it is not a good idea. It is politically charged all right. Donald trump blasting the republican primary process, calling it crooked in a rally in upstate new york, but his Campaign Manager seemed to sidestep the entire thing on fox news sunday, calling trump the presumptive nominee. Opponent john kasich responding to trumps complaints, trying to wind himself into getting an a, his words. And ted cruz continues to make his case after sweeping all 14 delegates yesterday at wyoming state convention. A lot at stake in new york in terms of dell got count. Take a look. 95 up for grabs for republicans. 247 for democrats. We have fox team coverage. Well begin with john roberts live in Staten Island, where donald trump had a huge welcome today, huge, john. Absolutely huge. Donald trump really had the arena to himself. He had hundreds of people there. They had perfectly good seats to sit in. They were on th
Have a more productive life. Let me just start though, why do we have the highest incarceration rate in the world . Ms. Lynch we certainly do have one of the highest rates in the world. It stems from a number of sources. I think we look back at the efforts that were made that were truly seeking to reduce violence, to deal with the burgeoning drug problem, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s, and the violence that accompanied them. And what people thought was the need to appear very, very tough on crime, without thinking through the results of a lot of those actions. We have lived with those results for now, several generations, seeing the effects of some of the laws and regulations and statutes that we have. Al was the 1994 crime act bad . Was that a mistake . In retrospect, do you think that was a mistake . Ms. Lynch it did not think through all of the consequences of what it thought it would do. It was seeking to address the credible problem of violence accompanying the drug trade, p
Two men ages 20 and 21 came after them. He explained he had a firearm and he they had they dont care and they punched him in the face and his wife is being hit and he asked them to leave and begged them to stop and he discharged his firearm. The 19yearold received a gunshot wound to his leg and the 20yearold to his stomach. They said the husband suffered serious wounds to his eyes and face. This was a matter of life and death, i think we would be at a funeral right now. Young says his clients have lived here in Queen Village for 40 years, this may be the last straw, they are absolutely traumatized by what happened last night. Now the District Attorney is reviewing all the evidence and will decide if any charges should be filed. That includes possible charges against the two young men that are now in the hospital in stable condition being treated for gunshot wounds. Im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you. We are learning more about the seven people arrested during yesterda
Program director for the World Affairs council in washington d. C. I welcome you to the author series event. November 2013 accord was signed in geneva us switzerland with u. N. Security council in germany and iran. This agreement was a preliminary one to framed that pass from mark comprehensive deal. This agreement came at a time when there was little hope for a resolution to the crisis. Both sides seemed entrenched with their positions a weber diplomacy and negotiation conventional wisdom said were the best ways to resolve the crisis as a alternative it could be catastrophic. And the six months bullseyes have taken steps to demonstrate their commitment of a preliminary deal to reach one in the future. Iran has reduced or halted some stocks and agreed to allow International Inspectors into the facilities. It has crippled irans economy. The current negotiations are a continual exercise of trust between the parties involved. Trust that iran said todays were transparent in the other signa