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
Nobody objects nobody challenges. But i get a feeling welcome to watching our Senior National where 2 oclock am moscow now employees of the russian affiliated news agencies. Have been released but ordered not to leave latvia after being accused of violating sanctions that it has more details all we know at the moment is that theyve been accused of violating personal European Union sanctions against the c. E. O. Of russias a receipt news agency. Now the Russian Foreign ministry they have already reacted to whats happening in and they said that latvias crackdown on russian speaking journalists under the pretext of the violation of the use sanctions is absolutely unacceptable the Foreign Ministry also say. The e. U. Descriptions are all of a personal nature against mr get off and they can multiply just about everyone who cooperates with the news outlets that are on there his managements and they consider the aggressive actions of the Security Service a blatant example of violating the fou
Broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International im john thomas certainly glad to have you with us the turkish president has lashed out at his french counterpart claiming hes a burden to his country and should step down it represents a new low in relations between. And comes as paris looks to crack down on radical islam following a wave of terrorism in france. Macron is a burden on france and france are going through a very dangerous period actually my hope is that france gets rid of this mccraw in trouble as soon as possible well the spat between the turkish president at the one in france has been deepening for some time now you will remember that last week the French Senate adopted a non binding resolution in which they officially recognize the independence of Nagorno Karabakh and they called for as a big shiny forces to need to leave the war on terror trees that had been captured in the disputed territory from september the 27th theyre also calling for a
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 americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and i had states who 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 horrors 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 using every joe you dont know anything about you know the prison politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you in there with these people in this is how they force you to take deals the u. S. Justice system just like any Justice System in the world. A system where 95 percent of the cases are resolved by plea bargain you know its no longer a trial system its a plea bargain system the whole purpose of plea bargains f
Being counted 8 to 10 times i know or sold ballots with a return address filled cells and since no. Im from spawns a further angered by accusations of massive Mainstream Media bias as take 50 and briefings are leaked to a conservative group. Ive been on these calls theres no diversity of opinion nobody objects nobody challenges. Very well well continue watching the weekly here on r. T. International printing you all the latest along with our roundup of the stories that shaped the week its great to have you with us. Now 1st to france where demonstrators tore through the streets for a 2nd consecutive weekend facing fines of vehicles and flushing shops and banks its over a security bill to stop the public from filming Police Officers responded with tear gas more than 60 protesters were arrested nationwide and several Police Injured National Defense he reports. Well you can probably see behind me its already getting pretty clear in paris was burning and you can hear the tear gas thats bein