Look. Reporter on a sunny fall morning, Curtis Roberts is tending his garden. I just really get to see the amazing creation that god provided for us. Reporter roberts hopes this election season, california voters will provide him some relief. Roberts has been in prison for 22 years. The first time im eligible for parole is the year 2044. Reporter his crime . Robbing 40 from a liquor store and burglarizing his in laws vacation cabin. I did the crime that they accused me of. Reporter roberts pleaded guilty just months after voters approved the three strikes law, which requires a 25 year to life sentence for anyone convicted of a third felony. Three strikes was enacted after Richard Allen davis, a man who bounced in and out of prison for years, kidnapped and killed 12yearold polly klass. It was aimed at locking up dangerous, violent felons for good. But it also resulted in decades long sentences for drug addicts such as robert, with previous burglary and robbery convictions, he was senten
Look. Reporter on a sunny fall morning, Curtis Roberts is tending his garden. I just really get to see the amazing creation that god provided for us. Reporter roberts hopes this election season, california voters will provide him some relief. Roberts has been in prison for 22 years. The first time im eligible for parole is the year 2044. Reporter his crime . Robbing 40 from a liquor store and burglarizing his in laws vacation cabin. I did the crime that they accused me of. Reporter roberts pleaded guilty just months after voters approved the three strikes law, which requires a 25 year to life sentence for anyone convicted of a third felony. Three strikes was enacted after Richard Allen davis, a man who bounced in and out of prison for years, kidnapped and killed 12yearold polly klass. It was aimed at locking up dangerous, violent felons for good. But it also resulted in decades long sentences for drug addicts such as robert, with previous burglary and robbery convictions, he was senten
Look. Reporter on a sunny fall morning, Curtis Roberts is tending his garden. I just really get to see the amazing creation that god provided for us. Reporter roberts hopes this election season, california voters will provide him some relief. Roberts has been in prison for 22 years. The first time im eligible for parole is the year 2044. Reporter his crime . Robbing 40 from a liquor store and burglarizing his in laws vacation cabin. I did the crime that they accused me of. Reporter roberts pleaded guilty just months after voters approved the three strikes law, which requires a 25 year to life sentence for anyone convicted of a third felony. Three strikes was enacted after Richard Allen davis, a man who bounced in and out of prison for years, kidnapped and killed 12yearold polly klass. It was aimed at locking up dangerous, violent felons for good. But it also resulted in decades long sentences for drug addicts such as robert, with previous burglary and robbery convictions, he was senten
Look. Reporter on a sunny fall morning, Curtis Roberts is tending his garden. I just really get to see the amazing creation that god provided for us. Reporter roberts hopes this election season, california voters will provide him some relief. Roberts has been in prison for 22 years. The first time im eligible for parole is the year 2044. Reporter his crime . Robbing 40 from a liquor store and burglarizing his in laws vacation cabin. I did the crime that they accused me of. Reporter roberts pleaded guilty just months after voters approved the three strikes law, which requires a 25 year to life sentence for anyone convicted of a third felony. Three strikes was enacted after Richard Allen davis, a man who bounced in and out of prison for years, kidnapped and killed 12yearold polly klass. It was aimed at locking up dangerous, violent felons for good. But it also resulted in decades long sentences for drug addicts such as robert, with previous burglary and robbery convictions, he was senten
Hosted the event. It is a little over one hour. We are we are delighted divided to have paul saiti with us. The author of of arms and artists, he is the author of several books and essays on american artist. He has cocurated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of fine arts in boston. He is the recipient of the National Endowment for artists. He is a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that, i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [laughter] thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. And i want to thank my publisher, for publishing this book. Artists. D this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it cap attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone interested in 18thcentury america, the founding, or the revolution. I think you w