Operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on wheres the power in this country wheres it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy as are powerline with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in the very real ways our struggle. You. Belong to sherman didnt is guilty no maam. Would we see on t. V. Shows is not reality our Justice System isnt what you think it is Rolling Stone magazine considers wayne kramer of the m c 51 of the top 100 greatest guitarists of all time he battled drug addiction in 1975 went to prison for 2 years for selling cocaine hes since provided guitars and taught music 10 mates at over 50 correctional institutions throughout the United States people think that you know you have a right to a trial and everybody goes to trial and theres the good prosecutor and the defense attorney and they battle it out that is the way it works the way it works is the prosecutor
Pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre the theyre railroaded by Police Officers who give them false information or horrors 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 every joe you dont know anything about you know the prison politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you 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 a high 90 percent. Conviction rates including those plea bargains. Because of course from a legal standpoint we know that nobody would ever plead guilty to something they didnt
As an american citizen you dont have to be a murderer or a rapist or a thief to be arrested. If you call the police in an emergency and find yourself arrested just because the officer doesnt like you. My strongest memory my mom is she was very into teaching sharing. Love to each other how to put my own life on the line to try to just say my moms had i known anything like this was going to happen. It was a day just like any other day. I went over to my parents house normally when i went over my mom went right on the on the front porch to greet me. That they she didnt come to the door i was able to see her on the floor and she had been stabbed him beaten and left for dead. Nose freaking out. Right about iran. Right now r r r r r r r r i was hysterical and i was yelling and screaming at the paramedics to hurry up and get her to the hospital so the doctors could do something to save her life. The police choke hold of me and him comfort me and put me in the car for my own safety a sense of
Correctional institutions throughout the United States people think that you know you have a right to a trial and everybody goes to trial and theres the good prosecutor the and the defense attorney and they battle it out that i think 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 310 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 i did states wind up pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre either or railroaded by Police Officers who give them false inform
The cia after the opposition figure accuses Vladimir Putin of poisoning him and his 1st interview since coming out of the coma. Youre watching are to International Coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 6 pm welcome to the program. Armenia and azerbaijan how both rejected calls for a cease fire and ruled out peace talks as hostilities over a disputed border territory and to their 5th day now these are the latest Images Released by azerbaijan showing the destruction of Armenian Military vehicles in the region both sides have released a string of videos to back up their claims of tactical victories in all local reporters are being caught in the crossfire a cameramen from an armenian t. V. Channel was severely injured during. Shelling these are pictures of his car 2 french journalists were also injured while covering the conflict and are being treated at the hospital are reports now on the impact on local communities. Nagornokarabakh is sandwiched between the te