Thank you very much. The hearing has reconvened and i want to thank the panel for the work youre doing and your patience and we wanted to hear from the amazing survivors and normally the administration goes first and youre kind for doing that. Two distinguished witnesses with the honorable cindy dire ambassador at large and ambassador do i recollects congratulations and shes a human rights advocate and lawyer with three decades of experience working at local, international and national levs to prevent Human Trafficking, sexual assault, and Domestic Violence and Vice President of Vital Voices Partnership and i would note parenthetically three teresalaura that i went to highl with served on that administration. On issues related to Human Trafficking and prior to that, she served as director of filing and she began as domestic and social environment advocate and she earned bachelors degree from texas a m and masters from baylor law school. That here while deputy administrator and u. S. Ag
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get
Good evening. And welcome to kqed newsroom. Eye thuy vu. We dedicate tonights program to the california criminal Justice System that affects prisoners serving life sentences. 15 years to life, 25 years to life, mostly for murder. Under governor jerry browns administration a Record Number of socalled lifers are being granted parole. The Governors Office says this has nothing to do with the need to reduce prison overcrowding. Instead they insist the trend is driven mostly by Court Rulings that make it harder to deny parole. Scott shafer takes a look at a no program aimed at addressing the growing number of lifers getting out. Reporter hundreds of inmates mere at solano prison in vacaville are hoping for a second chance, and officials think the key is rehabilitation. Hurt people. Reporter these prisoners are doing sentences like 25 years to life, some for the most heinous crimes imaginable. The hurt that we carry, we take it out on somebody else. Reporter they dont know if theyll ever get