Practices in prisons and jail, discrimination in the criminal Justice System and judicial independence. Mix of cases that bookman worked on and those hes researched and the book looks at the Death Penalty in terms of public policy rather than through moral argument, revealing the system in practice. Scholarly yet largely accessible language, he evaluates a dozen cases that expose glaring injustices in the system, creating a clear and comprehensive portrait of a broken system. The cases he highlights make fascinating reading. Publishers weekly that it shows whats wrong with Capital Punishment. Now im pleased to turn things over to Tonights Speaker and so the digital podium is yours, mark and steven. Good luck. Thank you. I welcome any opportunity to talk about justice with mark bookman. Mark is a good friend for a long time. Hes done great work, as a public Defender And Director of the atlantic center. We will talk about that for a minute. Claire, i want to thank you too. I spent many w
the campaign trial. in south korea, police are taking the blame for that deadly halloween crowd stampede that killed more than 150 people. mostly young adults including two americans. and the conservative supreme court majority takes up affirmative action today in college admissions. singling a possible reversal on another issue that had been law. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington on halloween. the attack on paul pelosi spurring a flood of conspiracy theories and disinformation including from twitter s new owner, elon musk, who tweeted an opinion, an opinion article from a low credibility source to his 100 million followers about the attack. and although many republicans have condemned the violent attack on the speaker s husband, republican governor glenn youngkin made light of the assault just hours after it happened. speaker pelosi s husband had a break-in last night and he was assaulted. there s no room for violence, but we re going to send her back to ca
very good to be with all of you. i m alex witt in for katy tur. charges against paul pelosi s attacker could be in any minute as the speaker s husband recovers from surgery in the icu. a source says paul pelosi is awake and has cognitive function and remembers everything. david depape faces a string of charges including attempted murder and a parallel investigation into the friday assault. there is a lot we still don t know, though, but law enforcement officials have confirmed the suspect was looking for nancy pelosi, zip ties were discovered at the scene, blog posts are being investigated in connection with the situation, and a range of contradictly political views including liberal anti-establishment and more recently far right extremism. it raises questions about the most powerful women in politics and one of the most threatened members of congress in the country according to a report today in the new york times, not to mention what happened on january 6th and these scen
Lighting money on fire. this is a function of voters from this district are fed up and they want change. reporter: across the map republicans investing in states that have elected democrats for decades. rhode island, connecticut, oregon to name a few. blanketing the air waves. it s all on the line. democrats focused on contrasts. especially on abortion rights. do you think it is overblown. nobody is in jeopardy of having their reproductive health care taken away from them in the state of new york. that mindset might explain why these blue state seats are in play for republicans. but democrats are still competitive in red states that already have abortion restrictions. polls show that s where their pro choice messaging is resonating most. if they re going have a red wave, how come they re still fighting in the toughest districts for us to hold. that time of year where both parties talk a big game. you know, this is the
In maloney s district alone, gop aligned groups shelled out millions in the last two weeks. what he said to me is republicans are setting money on fire here. this isn t a function of lighting money on fire. this is a function of voters in this district are fed up and want change. across the map, republicans investing in states that have elected democrats for decades. blanketing the air waves with ads. democrats focused on contrast. especially on abortion rights. do you think it s overblown? yes, because nobody s in jeopardy of having their reproductive healthcare taken away from them here in new york. that might explain why these blue state seats are in play for republicans, but democrats are still competitive in red states that have abortion restrictions. polls show that s where their pro-choice messaging is