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obviously theres a sensationalism that comes with it. what are you trying to communicate about the justice system? is it just entertainment or is there something thats more than that? >> you know, at the heart of it im trying to tell a good story and keep the readers turning pages if theyre flying across country. but i do try to sneak in a little bit of gentle, social commentary. i think if you get up on a soapbox, you lose effectiveness. somebody was pointing out to me not long ago th...

obviously theres a sensationalism that comes with it. what are you trying to communicate about the justice system? is it just entertainment or is there something thats more than that? >> you know, at the heart of it im trying to tell a good story and keep the readers turning pages if theyre flying across country. but i do try to sneak in a little bit of gentle, social commentary. i think if you get up on a soapbox, you lose effectiveness. somebody was pointing out to me not long ago th...

amazon.com. id like to thank mary mcdonagh murphy, who joined us from new york via skype, and john -- john is actually a descendant of the first chief justice of the u.s. supreme court. paulette frankl, "lust for justice," tony serra, and sheldon siegal. so before we take a break, i do have a surprise. a few years ago, i guess six or seven years ago, i met an amazing artist. i was visiting his home. and he had created this wonderful sculpture. i immediately recognized it as being clare...

sheldon, let me ask you. in the stories that you try to tell, there is a moral there. you do talk about the death penalty. you do talk about -- and obviously theres a sensationalism that comes with it. what are you trying to communicate about the justice system? is it just entertainment or is there something thats more than that? >> you know, at the heart of it im trying to tell a good story and keep the readers turning pages if theyre flying across country. but i do try to sneak in a ...

at least started pointing in the right direction. [applause] >> john? last word. >> ok. im not going to say anything about social justice. i have a thought for you. go out and rent the movie "to kill a mockingbird." it is a really, really good movie. and its a really sophisticated movie. you know, the script, you know, you cant get any better. the producer, the performances are wonderful. every bit of that movie -- when you look at it, try to look, you know, into the actual scenes what...

every fashion or address it within the circle of your own ability to communicate. [applause] >> my book is called "lust for justice" and the word lust imply a certain passion. i think that what is missing over the decades as i have lived is exactly what tony is saying. the dissident voice has become either silent or is yawning itself to sleep. and we can all do something about that. i wrote this book because i wanted tonys dissident voice to be heard. i wanted the art that i did of him...

and we are all subject to the law. and, therefore, its important to get this terrible imbalance at least started pointing in the right direction. [applause] >> john? last word. >> ok. im not going to say anything about social justice. i have a thought for you. go out and rent the movie "to kill a mockingbird." it is a really, really good movie. and its a really sophisticated movie. you know, the script, you know, you cant get any better. the producer, the performances are wonderful. ev...

go out and rent the movie "to kill a mockingbird." it is a really, really good movie. and its a really sophisticated movie. you know, the script, you know, you cant get any better. the producer, the performances are wonderful. every bit of that movie -- when you look at it, try to look, you know, into the actual scenes what theyre doing. its fascinating. its all shot on a sound stage. this movie is made at the same time that theyre making -- what was that huge thing in the sand? oh, "l...

im thinking how the 1960s sought to reform things like war and racism, and they took it to the streets, and they cried out loud, and they demonstrated, chanted, boycotted tax. we have to wake up! were in a slumber because life is fat in the united states. and were willing to surrender constitutional rights for our own, you know, image of self-protection. and terrorism abounds. and isnt the police force, you know, wonderful to protect us? thats all era. and what we have to do is point a...

i have a thought for you. go out and rent the movie "to kill a mockingbird." it is a really, really good movie. and its a really sophisticated movie. you know, the script, you know, you cant get any better. the producer, the performances are wonderful. every bit of that movie -- when you look at it, try to look, you know, into the actual scenes what theyre doing. its fascinating. its all shot on a sound stage. this movie is made at the same time that theyre making -- what was that huge...