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No one should be convicted of a crime if no reasonable person would have known, and if the defendant did not know, that the conduct charged against him was criminal.

For 25 or 30 years. that's my record, and i guess i would ask you to respectfully to look at my credentials and my record and some of the examples i have given you are from my record. about the capital habeus work, about access to justice. i've spoken about over-criminalization publicly. those are things i've done, senator. >> what about lgbtq individuals? >> well, senator, there are -- what about them? >> well, the point i made is -- >> they're people. >> of course. what you said earlier is you have a record of speaking out, standing up for those minorities who you believe are not being treat...

At a federalist society event at the problems of over criminalization. can you tell us a bit about that talk? >> yeah, i think it's fun to go into audiences and challenge them sometimes, a bit. i think it's important. and as to the federalist society, i don't have a card either, and i really don't want a back statement for past due dues. but i attend maybe one event a year, something like that. it's all on my forms you all have. at that speech i did talk to the society about the problem of over criminalization as i saw it. on the federal statutory books we have, approximately 5,000 criminal la...

Against over-criminalization of america. they write as americans we like to believe our rule of law and our country is respected and fairly applied and that only those who commit crimes of fraud or violence are punished and imprisoned. but the reality is often different. we have paid a heavy price for mass incarceration and could benefit by reversing this trend to bring about transformation we must set aside partisan politics, and solutions, that's why we've partnered with national criminal defense lawyers for more than ten years to bring about positive changes in our justice system. they talk...

That 11 people are dead ten wounded, five of them seriously in a shooting in eastern paris. there are very few details but we're going to bring you more as we get them. there are some other aspects of this which are potentially really disturbing about where this may be coming from. obviously, a horrible story out of eastern paris. 11 dead ten wounded in a shooting unfolding there right now. we will be gathering our resources together and getting more access to this story. we will bring it to you as soon as possible. joining us now for the must read opinion pages, former chairman of the nationa...