Our criminal Justice System depends on czechs and balances, prosecution and offense, punish the guilty and protect the innocent. What happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice our first story looks at witness identification. It may surprise you its the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. Our investigation found that juries almost always convict if theres an eye witness, even when theres proof the suspect couldnt have done the crime. When the verdict came back and it was guilt on an outline counts. The courtroom erupted in applause. Give him the gas. I heard them sniggering and lawyering. Everyone thought they had the right men. Police department. Prosecutors office, most of the people thought they had the man. Reporter before prison changed everything. Kurts story was a simple one, race said on the maryland eastern shore, fishing and crabbing like his father and his fathers father before him. Bloodsworth left to join the marines. He was honorably
Thank you for joining us. Im joie chen. Our criminal Justice System depends on czechs and balances, prosecution and offense, punish the guilty and protect the innocent. What happens when someone puts a thumb on the scale of justice our first story looks at witness identification. It may surprise you its the cause of as many as three out of four wrongful convictions. Our investigation found that juries almost always convict if theres an eye witness, even when theres proof the suspect couldnt have done the crime. When the verdict came back and it was guilt on an outline counts. The courtroom erupted in applause. Give him the gas. I heard them sniggering and lawyering. Everyone thought they had the right men. Police department. Prosecutors office, most of the people thought they had the man. Reporter before prison changed everything. Kurts story was a simple one, race said on the maryland eastern shore, fishing and crabbing like his father and his fathers father before him. Bloodsworth le
His family fled the country in the leadup to the persian gulf war. We lost everything overnight, banks were shut down everything gone. And thats when we discovered that my mom has been saving money for many years. You know, thats when i found out my mothers a gangster. The family then settled in houston, texas where he picked up another language. Which is really great because im brown and i speak spanish, so if anything breaks out i can camouflage at any moment in time. I mean every arab needs an exit strategy nowadays. Hes toured the world, traveling for a long time without a u. S. Passport. Amer performed for u. S. Troops, pre and post 9 11, but it took him 20 years to become an american citizen. 20 years is a mighty long time his biography is the basis for many of his jokes. Can i have your passport please . Of course i give him my travel document. Hes like, thats good, yeah. He opens it up, hes like oh no, says here its not a passport. I spoke to mo amer at the Gotham Comedy Club i
His family fled the country in the leadup to the persian gulf war. We lost everything overnight, banks were shut down everything gone. And thats when we discovered that my mom has been saving money for many years. You know, thats when i found out my mothers a gangster. The family then settled in houston, texas where he picked up another language. Which is really great because im brown and i speak spanish, so if anything breaks out i can camouflage at any moment in time. I mean every arab needs an exit strategy nowadays. Hes toured the world, traveling for a long time without a u. S. Passport. Amer performed for u. S. Troops, pre and post 9 11, but it took him 20 years to become an american citizen. 20 years is a mighty long time his biography is the basis for many of his jokes. Can i have your passport please . Of course i give him my travel document. Hes like, thats good, yeah. He opens it up, hes like oh no, says here its not a passport. I spoke to mo amer at the Gotham Comedy Club i
Gulf war. We lost everything overnight, banks were shut down everything gone. And thats when we discovered that my mom has been saving money for many years. You know, thats when i found out my mothers a gangster. The family then settled in houston, texas where he picked up another language. Which is really great because im brown and i speak spanish, so if anything breaks out i can camouflage at any moment in time. I mean every arab needs an exit strategy nowadays. Hes toured the world, traveling for a long time without a u. S. Passport. Amer performed for u. S. Troops, pre and post 9 11, but it took him 20 years to become an american citizen. 20 years is a mighty long time his biography is the basis for many of his jokes. Can i have your passport please . Of course i give him my travel document. Hes like, thats good, yeah. He opens it up, hes like oh no, says here its not a passport. I spoke to mo amer at the Gotham Comedy Club in new york. Why are you a comedian . What do you think th