i guess the question to both of you is if you re going to change these laws in maryland or be an example for the rest of the nation, ou talk about this as something that s logical because it might be overpunished in some places or do you stress the fact this is not just war on drugs but war on black and brown peop people? to ben and then dave. you look at the enforcement patterns. we talk about the violence in our city. i didn t start out planning for this to be a big issue. dave made the argument for about a quarter century. then something funny happened. i asked a retired member of the baltimore police department rkts he just retired to go talk to commanders across the city that he knew. ask them why violence was surging in our city.
how do we go from how duz louisiana go from being the number one incarcerator in the world to having a more sensible policy that is more cost-effective and more humane. and we ve had a great team of people that has worked for the two years using data, using input from stakeholders to suggest some reforms that the state legislature could pass and the governor could sign. it s a number of things. it s quite a nice weed of legislation. but some of it has to do with reducing the penalties for crimes that have been overpunished, and bringing some clarity to crimes. some of them are related to juvenile offenders. right now we re in the only country in the world that allows
overpunished. some of them are related to juvenile offenders. right now we re the only country that allows juveniles to be prosecuted this way. we re the only nation on earth that does that that allows that. it is radically inhumane and it happens in happen of our states of louisiana. everybody applauds your efforts, and i know you re very vocal about politics and the election. i want to turn to politics now. there was a long interview we there you are with your wife and hillary clinton during the campaign. you did you feel about the outcome of the election? . well, of course i disagreed
berman issued his ruling. joining me now boston globe sports columnist dan shawn si. i want to look at the articles you wrote recently. one headline back in july. deal with it, tom brady and the patriots are cheaters. april you wrote, a hard rain s going to fall on tom brady and patriots. you wrote, the patriots have done nothing to inspire mercy from goodell since the report was released on wednesday. they have done what they always do, they have obstructed the investigation while they deny everything. let s fast forward today. you write, quote, the more he struggles and fights to assert his authority and execute his vision for the nfl, the deeper he sinks. he is taking the league s credibility with him. what s changed for ya? well, the ruling is for the judge indicates the judge didn t think he would be punished in this fashion. that s pretty much definitive. he was overpunished for this. most people here have thought that all along, he was overpunished. you can get into the quar
that came after standard & poors lowered its outlook on the country s debt. it s back in positive territory as indeed are all of the other markets with a little bit of relenting going on and a sense that the market may have overdone the amount of selling it did on monday. up by about half a percent for the ftse and the paris cac current. the dax, again, investors feeling they ve overpunished that particular index. that s up by 0.66%. it s doing the best, really. the euro very much hit hard by this continuing debt crisis. it hit a weekly low against the dollar on monday and indeed a record low against the swiss franc. here s where we are at the moment. 1.4079.