criminal justice system, and don t we say everyone deserves a second chance. right? nope. yeah, no. the other thing i want to point out is of our immigration detention system, actual lay lot of people who are inside are not just undocumented but they re legal permanent residents who have past convictions so pre-the 96 laws that changed this, have a marijuana conviction, serve their time in the 80s and end up in detention. the story really again captured us in part because the notion of detention i think there s something about that language that sounds almost benign, like you re detained. you know, when you read the reporting on it they say oh, they have televisions. but you read a story like this and you realize just how vulnerable people are. and, you know, the unfortunate reality the, there are many stories like hers. we just don t often hear them because of the way the system operates. when we talk about this arbitrary bed mandate, you have to just think of it this way
indictment was handed down against him for allegedly charging the fellow who wanted to become a police officer $300 to try to expunge a marijuana conviction. that didn t happen, but the guy went to the police and said he took my $300 and he didn t give me what i wanted. let s get back, though, to the shooting of little antonio santiago, 13 months old. so far six people have been arrested in connection with that case. the alleged shooter, dominique elkins, his alleged accomplice, dominique lang who is only 14 years old, the mother, the sister, and along with james brook, and police say they ve not finished this investigation yet. shepard: john roberts in our newsroom in atlanta. thanks. the honorable judge alex ferrar is with us in studio. this is a mess. it s a mess. first of all, it s a horrific crime. this is a mother walking stroller with her 13-month-old baby and these two juveniles, 17 and 15 i think, actually, come
hi, everyone. i m tamron hall. coming up on newsnation, a medical first in this country. doctors perform the first full space transplant on a 25-year-old man whose face was destroyed in a power line accident. i ll talk to one of the surgeons who performed that 15-hour surgery. plus, does the punishment fit the crime? a man is sentenced to life in prison on a marijuana conviction. it is his fourth conviction on marijuana charges, but is life in prison justified? newsnation is 15 minutes away. so how will bin laden s death now change the foreign policy of the united states? the new yorker s ryan lizza joins us now. let s talk, first of all, about the extraordinary success of this operation. this was president obama being asked about it on 60 minutes . what i tried to do is make sure that every time i sit down in the situation room, every one of my advisers around there
and they went till nixon was dumped out of office in 74. the 60s were late 63 to summer of 74. do you agree with my argument politically? the 60s were in that period? larry? i think so. i mean, if you look at what happened to john lennon in 1975 and how it relates to the 1950s, he was allowed to stay in this country. the u.s. government was tracking him for five years. and they took him to court on a marijuana conviction that he received in london back in the 60s. and they went before a judge named irving coffman. irving coffman tells him, you are a testament to the american dream. just by speaking out. nothing s wrong. you can stay in this country. and apply for your green card. that judge, chris, was the same judge who sentenced ethel and julius rosenberg in the early 50s, the atomic spies, to death in the electric chair. we ve come a long way. what changed his life? what changed his life was he saw this guy speaking out for
larry? i think so. i mean, if you look at what happened to john lennon in 1975 and how it relates to the 1950s, he was allowed to stay in this country. the u.s. government was tracking him for five years. and they took him to court on a marijuana conviction that he received in london back in the 60s. and they went before a judge named irving coffman. irving coffman tells him, you are a testament to the american dream. just by speaking out. nothing s wrong. you can stay in this country. and apply for your green card. that judge, chris, was the same judge who sentenced ethel and julius rosenberg in the early 50s, the atomic spies, to death in the electric chair. we ve come a long way. what changed his life? what changed his life was he saw this guy speaking out for migrant workers and freedom of speech and against wars everywhere. not just in our country. he was an equal opportunity protester. and he said, why are they trying to condemn this guy? why are they trying to