Okay, thank you. Thank you. I run a Small Research unit thats dedicated to understanding the criminal Justice System in the state of connecticut. I work for the office of policy and management, and one of my responsibilities is to look hard at the prison system, and every year we produce recidivism studies and other studies related to people coming out of connecticut prisons over time. And ive been doing these studies for about ten years for the state of connecticut, and one thing that i have kind of come to accept working in criminal justice is its an area which doesnt prepare people to see a lot of good news. Most of the outcomes are generally not so good. So in terms of recidivism in connecticut, sort of for the threeyear period following an incarceration in connecticut, about 60 of the people that come out of prison are rearrested. Among people under the age of 25, it is about 72 . Those arent good numbers. In terms of risk and outcomes, in terms of mortality and other things, peop
Series 17 to 200 claims please welcome christopher. [applause] our next panelist is the professor himself who wrote the book he is a graduate of notre dame where hes a runnerup valedictorian. But he made up for that when he went to Harvard Law School and won the fay diploma for being top student to graduate in his class. a its a lot easier. Hes been a lawyer and professor including back at harvard for a while. Currently at vanderbilt and the author of this book makes a compelling case as to the classaction mechanism and will hear more from him in a bit. Our moderator today is judge on the night circuit, he is a graduate, a korean immigrant to start with and came to this country and graduated from i believe cornell and also Harvard Law School. Round of applause for judge kenneth lee. [applause] thank you for the introductions. I think we will have a great debate here. We have two experts on class actions. Little bit of format, i will give professor fitzpatrick the floor and let him spea
Actions including over 20 dismissals of classaction cases so you may have a sense of where his position is on that. Hes a graduate of georgetown and university of Virginia Law School where he is also the author of a chapter in the popular letter guide series on the claims. [applause] the next panelist is the professor that wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame. He made up for that when he went to graduate school and was the top graduate in his class. He makes a case into class action mechanism and we will hear more from him in just a b bit. [applause] we are going to have a great debate with experts on class actions. Brian and i were classmates in law school they are more libertarian. To write a book in support of classaction complaints. [laughter] thank you for that kind introduction. The reason i think conservatives should support class actions is because we have to ask ourselves what the alternative is. The alternative was told to us in an amicus brief filed by the United S
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Eh, or in this situation, any step towards Nuclear Weapons will push us away from the civilized world, from the north atlantic alliance, and in the end, how do you assess the fact that russia can use our Nuclear Power plants as a weapon, that is, we know , which is now under the control of the zaporizhzhia as, already directorate. The iaea appealed to russia to free the territory of the zaporizhia Nuclear Power plant, but no one is going to do that, and yet ukraine is subject to this nuclear blackmail, and not only ukraine, but the whole world, and this is happening in front of the eyes of the whole world . Well, unfortunately, we have to decide if we start developing Nuclear Weapons, unfortunately, we are in a position where. Dependent on our allies at this stage, we may be given an ultimatum that we cannot refuse , that is, there is no needle in the bag hide, and all our endeavors or designs may be known, become known to our allies as well as to our enemies, and it will be used prima