This eventss season at wharf, look the way the legal world unfairly treats countrys disenfranchised he targets his own profession at public defender. The book titled, usual cruelty. Comes from alec karakatanis, an organization designed to advocate for Racial Justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. Especially known for combating unconstitutionality of money bail. Karakatanis was named 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public justice. Was awarded Steven Wright award for indigent defense in the south. As introduction to his talk tonight im exciting to welcoming his guest the program. Payne the poet. In d. C. He was raised in columbus, hire, after serving 8 year sentence within the Virginia Department of corrections he began using poetry as method of healing. Among his work he taught various workshops, afterschool programs and Panel Discussions dealing with topics like mass incarceration, prison reform, social sus just, disenfranchisement and educatio
and rain east of there. that s coming up our way. that s going to be coming our way here by late tonight. right now around our region, our temperatures are into the 20s in the suburbs and rural areas. closer to washington, near 30. as well as around the bay. leading edge of this rain and sleet and freezing rain is up into the carolinas now. most of that will pass south of thus rning. but it does appear late tonight we will have some of that arriving. but today just mostly cloudy. by noontime, probably be in the low to mid 30s. maybe a little sun peeking out. and then we will see it up near 40 by mid afternoon. sunrise, 7:12. sunset at 5:33. then late tonight, looks like after midnight, we will have some sleet. and some light icing and by dawn on saturday, we could have a light accumulation of ice on tree limbs and power lines. temperatures right around 30 by then. look at saturday into the weekend. that will be at 6:11. how is traffic now? check of the fairfax county parkwa