freedom, fresh air, i m going to make them proud. an update four. shamel capers has been free now for nine months. he is writing a book with what he went through. he is taking construction classes. i want to know that same conviction integrity unit that reexamined his case worked to vacate over 100 others. the d.a. says 86 of those vacated convictions were convicted to a group of detectives later found guilty of perjury and falsification of documents. none of them directly related to capers case and a note of deep gratitude to my colleagues matt renard and will simon for their tireless effort to bring new story. joined by mark howard, a civil rights lawyer, a professor of government and law at georgetown, the founding director of the prison and justice initiative. he is also the founder and president of the frederick douglass project for justice. mark, thank you for being here. for people watching this who think finally justice because of
what can you do to solve this problem? i would love to sit here with you and we re not going to be able to accomplish it in a three-minute fox & friends segment, i would love to hear from you. what do the leaders of chicago need to do to stop this weekend after weekend? well, one, we have to punish those who break the law. we can t get them away with carrying guns illegally. can t let them get away with doing the things that are being done sense of lawlessness in chicago right now. that s the first thing. we have to punish them. the second thing is we have to get in cousin with these individuals shooters have the potential shot. give them opportunities and options to change their lives. that s the reason why projected hood we make sure we offer construction classes, electrical classes. all kinds of opportunities. entrepreneurship, mentors, help transform their lives. at the end of the day, politics can t change hearts. it s going to be up to us and the thrord change the hearts of