country. met with the department of justice and went down to d.c., they also expressed much concern that this is going on throughout the country. and as you mentioned, at least at its worst, someone being shot and killed i believe because of the color of their skin when they are unarmed or at the least, going to an event i m invited to, being arrested and detained for an hour. and you were just stopped on the street for no reason? i was going to an event that i was invited to with someone else, who works for the public advocate. we were going inside. we showed our credentials to two officers, and the last officer just stopped. i got arrested on the phone. i got on the phone with the chief of police trying to explain to them what was going on. i had my city council pin pen, a big ribbon and i had my badge and none of that mattered. the problem is, they keep saying the gun, the gun violence, the this black on black crime. you get tired of hearing that. i know where the crime is. i go
numbers, different states, this is what we found. we found in kansas, the public advocate found that a death penalty case is 70% from sentencing all the way to the actual death. 70% more? more expensive. to kill someone? that s right. in tennessee, 48% more than life imprisonment. and in maryland, is three times more expensive. the death penalty case in kentucky found that cases last longer. there are more experts. twice as many attorneys involved. there can be three to five times longer for the trial. there could be a change of venue, that can cost an awful lot of money. high security and appeal is awarded to people. that costs more money. you have two trials, one for the crime to find guilty. one for the punishment phase.
he does not have a lot of friends. that s why everybody immediately threw him under the bus because he doesn t have those alliances. but i m actually more troubled by the idea of him running for public advocate. even though it s a springboard to mayor, it s a role that has real responsibilities. and as somebody who lives in this city, the idea of anthony weiner being the public advocate is deeply troubling. the level of character he showed in the scandal, not just the incident but also the lying. but speak of photo finishes, it s time to talk olympic sexcapades. in the olympic village, there will be 100,000 condoms they will be used. the athletes are young and hot and after bei one athlete sai