A plea using the average joe you dont know anything about you know the prison politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you in 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 a 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 in the 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 do and so we agree that i would plead guilty and exchange for you 40 sums we went back in the trial we had the plea and i went down for a 90 day observation youth already in norwalk the challenge is. If youre innocent and you create guilty you better be a good liar you go down t
Cocaine is 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 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 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 of americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and the United States wind up pleading guilty to crimes they may not have committed because theyre
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You for the work that the Economic Recovery Task force has done in the last few months. Briefly, i just want to talk a little bit about our excel program. Since 2010, ucsf has worked with the city to create jobs through our Excellent Community engagement learning or excel. It uses live virtual classroom training and onthejob experience to prepare san franciscans for administrative jobs in health care. Students participate ten weeks of training. Next, theyre placed in paid, four month clerical and administrative internships with ucsfs campus and our medical center. We provide ongoing internship support throughout the duration of the program as well as job placement assistance when our interns graduate. To be eligible, you must be a San Francisco resident 18 years or older, with a High School Diploma or g. E. D. , proficient in english, able to pass a basic Office Skills assessment, and able to pass a criminal background check, Occupational Health check, and Background Health screen. Ucs
Good afternoon, welcome to election day november 3rd, regular meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee ok. Thank you. Please place your righthand on your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I would like to acknowledge the staff of sfg. Are there any communications . Clerk yes, during the covid19 health emergency, the board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time so we hope members of the public will take advantage of the following opportunities. We have a short version today. Were happy to receive your written communication and sports hands if you are using the u. S. Mail address the envelope