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In the disputed. Region. He couldnt take us to the front line and in fact they didnt go either not only because its too dangerous but because the Commanding Officer of that particular platoon didnt want us filming that. You are tuning in from across the world this hour welcome to our Team International my names you know neal good to have your company some new revelations have come to light in the hunter biden email scandal potentially implicating his father democratic president ial hopeful joe biden and its across the story for us this hour. Tony who claims to be the former Business Partner of hunter biden the son of u. S. President ial candidate and former Vice President joe biden has come forward confirming some of the contents of the recently leaked emails the fox fools blew a true and accurate than any form of domestic or foreign disinflation any suggestion to the country is full and offensive i am the recipient of the email published but the new priest who showed a copy to one to
Seconds lobbyist man in the world, right . In the u. S. Today there are only 38 women serving as ceos of fortune 500 companies. One of those with the best track record is tricia griffin, the ceo of progressive insurance, one of the largest Automobile Insurance Companies in the u. S. She started off as a claim adjuster and worked her way to become the ceo. Than 175 . S up more my big mistake was i did not know her then, and did not buy the stock. If she goes anywhere else, i will buy that stock right away. Withhose not familiar progressive and probably if you watch television you would be familiar because you have a lot of television ads, i am curious, why is it Automobile Insurance Companies advertise a lot . I see your competitor advertising a lot. Will people be guided in their insurance decision by an advertisement . Tricia it is a very Competitive Industry which is odd, because it is something you are required to have. It is not like a different soft drink or beverage. It is so com
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 trial system its a plea bargain system the whole purpose of plea bargains from the perspective of a prosecutor raises his conviction rate so prosecutors typically have in the high 90 percent conviction rates including those plea bargain. Because of course from a legal standpoint we know that nobody would ever plead guilty to something they didnt do and. So we agree that i would plead guilty in exchange for you 40 sums we went back into the trial we entered the plea and i went down fo
A trial and everybody goes to trial and theres the good prosecutor and the and the defense attorney and they battle it out that is the way it works the way it works is the prosecutors stack up the charges on you and force you to plead guilty to 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 you know 3 or 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes for 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 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 they are afraid of facing you know harsh mandatory mi