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In two weeks. he has been serving two years in prison escaping to mexico with his mother. couch was drunk when he crashed into a car back in 2013 killing four people. because judge ruled he was too rich and spoiled to know better so only gave him probation. who better to lecture about income inequality than a group of millionaires? senator bernie sanders hosting senator elizabeth warren and filmmaker michael moore at a town hall to get there and take on the 1%. >> so crazy the rich right now, the greed, the level of greed. >> you create these circles of poverty that just wipe out opportunities...

How america's prison system deals with black males came into sharp focus this week in the high-profile case of rapper meek mill who was sentenced here in philadelphia for two to four years for violating his probation. an op in "the new york times" said this, quote, on the surface,thy may look like the story of yet another criminal rapper who didn't smarten up and is back where he started but consider this, meek was around 19 when he was convicted on charges relating to drug and gun possession. and he served an eight-month sentence. now, he's 30. so, he's been on probation for basically his ent...

Involved,ing know inyou know, homicide or assault with a firearm. so, he was given an extreme break at the beginning. he's allowed to leave the jail and go on house arrest pending sentence. he was not given the mandatory minimum of five years. he essentially got a nonprison sentence for what most people would consider a very serious offense involving guns and drugs. he wasn't stalked by the system. you can't say that a man allowed to go to dubai and paradise island, bahamas, stalked by the system while on probation. and to say getting arrested multiple times while on probation say minor infrac...

Addressed. there are people on -- serving life in p.a. that shouldn't be in jail anymore. but if you highlight a case like this, where you start with this seriousness of the initial offense. he was initially accused of pointing a loaded firearm at a police officer. while exiting a house that was about to be raided for drug dealing. he went to trial. the judge acquitted him of the most serious offense, but did find him guilty of drug dealing and possessing an illegal firearm. she then gave him immediate house arrest following the conviction. so he wasn't held in custody pending his sentence. in...

Officer felt these were prison worthy. has he been treated fairly by the judge? as of 2015, african-americans price one-third of those on probation and blacks are more likely to be sent back for probation violations. joining me philadelphia attorney bryan lentz and from l.a., civil rights attorney, areva martin. brian, is he the right guy around whom we should be building a conversation about mass incarceration? >> i think the answer is absolutely not. the mass incarceration conversation is really a conversation about reforming the laws that result in folks going to jail. and to reform the law...