[inaudible conversations] do you want to set . Good morning. My name is sharon and im a volunteer for the book festival. On behalf of the state library of louisiana and Louisiana Center of the book. I welcome you to book festival the 11th annual book festival. There will be a book signing with jim cobb afterwards in the bonds barnes noble tent. So if you want to carry on after that he will be happy to sign your books. We are happy to have with us this morning james cobb jr. Who has written flood of lies the saint regis nursing home tragedy. He was a managing partner in a firm. Cobb served as an adjunct professor at Tulane University while at the law school. And since the 80s has taught at Harvard University since 2008. He lives and practices privately in new orleans and we are pleased to introduce to you the james a. Kopp jr. [applause] thanks very much. Good morning. Its cold out there isnt it . Thank you guys for coming and braving the weather. A couple of things about my biography w
Right now we want to meet and talk with author host we want to meet and talk with author mr. Stevenson. We want to learn a little bit about you the equal Justice Initiative a private nonprofit Human Rights Organization that provides Legal Services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. We represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. We focus mostly on criminal justice reform. Headquartered in montgomery, alabama. How many people on death row . Actually the largest death row per capita in the country. Country. It is unique in that it is the only state that has a provision that allows elected trial judges to override juries. Juries. We have about 200 people on death row. We invited you want to talk about the book. Your first book. The story focuses on Walter Mcmillan. There was a murder. A young white woman was murdered. The police could not solve the crime. A great deal of pressure. They were talking about impeaching