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 3 and 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes 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 the theyre railroaded by Police Officers who give them false information or corners confessions or because theyre afraid of facing you know harsh mandatory minimum sentences and believe that you know the best chance is to just take a plea. Every general you dont know anything about you know the president the politics in county jail you dont know anything so they put you there with these people in this is how th
A prosecutor raises his conviction rate so prosecutors typically have in the high 90 percentile 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 in exchange for a youth already sounds we went back into trial we entered the plea and i went down for a 90 day observation at the youth already in norwalk the challenge is if youre innocent and you plead guilty you better be a good liar you go down there you talk to psychologists and they ask you to do it or you have to say yes because it has to be consistent with everything well how do you do it i mean i didnt have adequate answers for these questions so they didnt they didnt buy it in a sense you know rightly so and they sent a report that was positive and negative report back to the judge. I didnt realize that you 3 would be able to help you and so will allow you to take back your guilty
Mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. You can also catch up with us on social media. Witter. Com cspanwj you can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. You will you will be able to hear the program when you are on hold. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. He talked about the problems facing American Cities. [video clip] has paid a no one higher price than our nations inner cities. You see what is happening. You see our inner cities, we years, and it for is stolen money. It is wasted money. It is a shame. For decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. It has been total one Party Control of the inner cities. For 100 years it has been one Party Control. Look at them. We can name one after another, but i wont do that. I dont want to be controversial. Host that was the president with his concerns about Ameri
Residents in the mountain and pacific time zones are 202 7488001 you can also catch up with us on social media. Twitter. Com cspanwj. You can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally. He talked about the problems facing American Cities. [video clip] pres. Trump no one has paid a higher price than our nations inner cities. Dear price. Id a you see whats happening. You see our inner cities, we spend millions for years, and it is stolen money. It is wasted money. It is a shame. For decades, these communities have been run exclusively by democrat politicians. It has been total one Party Control of the inner cities. For 100 years it has been one Party Control. Look at them. We can name one after another, but i wont do that. I dont want to be controversial. Host that was the president with his concerns about American C
Asking your top concern. We will talk with columnists and editorial writers from detroit, chicago, new york, and San Francisco. Ost good morning we are spending this morning on the washington journal focusing on the issues facing americas cities. Having this conversation in the wake of President Trump singling out baltimore and pointing to the nations 30th largest city as a symbol of problems with urban areas. This morning were are going to hear from City Residents only. Ellis tell us what your top issues are where you live. You areidents only, if in the eastern time zone, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific time zones, 202 7488001. You can also catch up with us on social media. Witter. Com cspanwj you can start calling you now. A reminder, when you do call in, turn the volume on your tv down. You will you will be able to hear the program when you are on hold. As you are calling in, we want to take you back to the first of this month. The president was in cincinnati at a campaign rally.