Good evening. After admitting his crimes, today came the punishment. Huw edwards was spared jail but received a six month suspended Prison Sentence on three charges of obtaining indecent images of children, with one of the victims in the pictures aged between seven and nine. In all, 41 illegal images were sent to the former Bbc News presenter, with his lawyer telling the Court Edwards was profoundly sorry, and that he recognised the repugnant nature of the images. The bbc says edwards betrayed not just The Corporation, but the audiences who put their trust in him. His name is now on the Sex Offenders register for the next seven years. Lucy manning has our top story. Huw edwards facing the camera not his usual one in the bbc s studios, but the metropolitan polices after he was arrested. This his Custody Photo a Far Cry from his smart on screen image. Mr edwards, do you apologise . Mr edwards, do you apologise for your crimes . Now a convicted Sex Offender, he came with a suitcase, prepa
Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan 3. You are watching American History tv. Every weekend on cspan 3, explore our nations past. Created by americas Cable Television companies as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. Next on American History tv, to bestselling authors discuss how they use Historical Research in their work. Novelist Kathleen Rouhanis latest as the world war one story, and miles harvey focuses on his new nonfiction book, the king of confidence. The conversation was moderated by the Paul University professor amy tyson. Authors roomy and harvey boast teach in the pauls English University department. They provided the video. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for joining us tonight and this is an of vent hosted by the English Department of dePaul University and coast by the Depaul History Department. Its a thrill to get to host with them, to real stalwarts of the English Department, Kathleen Rouhani and miles harvey. Amazing writ
Rather welcome to going underground china in the news probably more of a coronavirus but people will know that chinas one child policy arguably may have helped it become the superpower of the 21st century people are going to be surprised when reading your new book that there was no fostering programs for children one of the side effects of that one child policy before you turned up on the scene well thats right thank you very much for having me yes when we landed in china they want me to see i had known no understanding at source of course most of the children. That were abandoned. On their way into ended up in institutions and for the very little younger babies got the opportunity for International Doctrine but there is nothing happening in china now i know you write about your child in oratory speaking to me from how that. The book tells of how you were a navy Royal Navy Submarine a juror in the cold war why is it you didnt seem to have any of the prejudices which are arguably being
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 3 and 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes 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 of americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and the United 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 corners 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. Every general 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 th
Hostility toward russia per chance. They see company stay with r t a day said half an hour. Im after a time they were going underground as britains code recovered pm Boris Johnson flies to brussels to try to negotiate with the largest trading block in the world and as this country tries desperately to stem a worse coronavirus death for capita rate than trumps usa or both are now as brazil coming out of the show 42 years since the communist party of china voted Deng Xiaoping paramount leader of the peoples republic paving the way for lifting 800000000 people out of poverty we speak to the britain who introduced foster care to the global superpower of the 21st century it is routinely defamed in the west for terminating us. And is the un predicts coronavirus may push of a 200000000 more people into extreme poverty we speak to a book a long list of novelist about his portrayal of londons underbelly of ultraviolet crime arguably created by upper class political ideology and ask why politici