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John Hairston, a radio broadcaster and prison reform advocate. He wrote to inform us of a Black man from North Carolina named Charles McNeair who was railroaded and falsely convicted when he was just 16-year-of age for raping a 57-year-old white woman he was in a relationship with. His is a tragic story that you need to know about and hopefully, help do something about … like work towards having him freed and paid restitution. Read on for the full story. Charles McNeair I hope that you have been doing well.  As you may recall, I occasionally will focus on prison reform and cases that I be...

Because the blow back to other perceived leniency in the past what gave us mandatory minimums. and the next person to get sentenced probably won't look like paul manafort and might really be the one to have the book thrown at them. so to overreact to this, i think, would be a mistake. >> senator elizabeth warren tweeted to that very effect. suzanne, she said trump's campaign manager paul manafort commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. a homeless man, fate winslow, helped sell $20 worth of pot and got life in prison. the words above the supreme court say equal justice under the law. ...

V -- compromised verdict. the jury get evidence they should get. didn't get evidence they shouldn't get. they will follow the law. apply the law. i don't want compromised verdicts or jury pardons. [ indiscernible question ] >> does that give some indication he may not have been as confident that the case was strong enough? >> i think he was confident enough in the talk to the jury. not the lack of confidence in the way the case was presented. [ indiscernible question ] >> my understanding, manslaughter is a category 1 lesser. aggravated assault may be another one they kid. i don't think factua...

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