Jerome libin good morning everyone. I am the president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am delighted to welcome all of you here to this very Interesting Program we are having tonight. I must ask everybody to be sure your cell phones and tablets are totally off because it will interfere with the sound system in the courtroom. We are here tonight with a program we are cosponsoring with the Supreme Court Alumni Association. We are delighted to be a cosponsor with them. The program was brought to us by several people from that organization. Let me make sure i get them right. Stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. Who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. We are also particularly happy to have as our host Justice Breyer who will speak to you in a minute. I will tell you briefly what you dont know already about Justice Breyer. He is a californian. Study that stanford, oxford, then Harvard Law School. Became a law clerk europe t
[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. I work with the events if you could take a moment of silence your cell phones and make sure they are not audible during the presentation, that would be great. We will have about an hourlong event have to bee given to the r and the other half to questions. Please use the microphone when you have a question once we get to that portion of the event. We are recording so that helps. Before you get in line for the signing, if you could fold up your chairs and set them against a shelf, that would be helpful. Im pleased to welcome brian to discuss his book facing justice on death row. This is a deep and intimate look on an innocent man on death row. And intimate and close witness of this man on death row to get him exonerated. Weve heard this kind of tragic scenario time and again in this modern era. A review of the book msnbc news anchor says grace and justice on death row isnt just about how a broken system almost broke another decent man. Mo
We are going to have about an hour long event here, half of the time given to the author and the other time given to your questions. We have a microphone right over here, please use that microphone when you have a question, once we get to that portion of the event. Cspan is here and we are recording, so that helps us make a more full recording. And finally before you get in line for the signing which would be in the table, fold up your chairs and put them against the wall. The race and justice on death row. The race against time. A deep and intimate look of alfred brown, innocent man on death row, intimate and really close journey with this man on death row to get pim exonerated. We heard this kind of tragic scenario time and time again, in this modern era and one of those few developed nations that still practice. Review of the book from greg melvin, msnbc news anchor and national correspondent, it isnt just about how broken system almost broke another decent man, its a moving story o
Inefficient system. There were, i think, a couple of months ago somebody looked at the Baltimore City jail and found that there were over 100 people there who were incarcerated for awaiting trial because they couldnt make bond of 100. The money bail system discriminates against poor people. It fails to take into account the most important criteria, the most important things we want to know when thinking about deta detaining somebody before trial, is the person likely to show up for trial, number within. Number two, is the person going to offend while he and i say he advisedly, its almost always he while he gets bail. What the Arnold Foundation has done great work, Excellent Way of using data, big data. Looked at over 1. 5 million cases and trieded to determine what would be priedictive of whether somebody vee late or offend out on bail and show up for trial. And the factors arent what you might intuitively think what judges think. Well, he lives with his mother, sure hes going to show
More than 15 minutes trying to get mckenna in restraightnts an into a transport chair, repeatedly asking her to comply. We are going to use the taser on you. Do you understand what that means . Reporter a few minutes later, mckenna is tased, four times in all. Stop resisting. Taser taser reporter soon after the, mckenna goes limp. Only after she reaches a sally port and a waiting van does a nurse realize she is not responding. We got bad news. Reporter in an exclusivity veer with you news4, the sheriff explains why it was important to release the video. Because there was so much inaccurate information that was being put out and it was important that we were able to show exactly the professionalism as well as the restraint as well as the patience that the deputies demonstrated in trying to get miss mckenna treatment and back to alexandria. Reporter the sheriff has this message for Natasha Mckennas family. To send my condolences and to let them know that Natasha Mckenna did not die in va