A trial and everybody goes to trial and theres the good prosecutor and the and the defense attorney and they battle it out that is the way it works the way it works is the prosecutors stack up the charges on you and force you to plead guilty to 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 you know 3 or 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes for 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 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 they are afraid of facing you know harsh mandatory mi
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
Get trials what they get is a deal people suggest that anywhere between you know 3 years 10 and 15 percent of people behind bars could be innocent of the crimes for 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 americas criminal Justice System the reality is that thousands of people. Every year and i had it 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 horrors 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 using average joe 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 they force you to take deals the u. S. Justice system just like any Ju
Sound of music silenced by gunshots a man found dead at a Recording Studio popular with some of the biggest names in hiphop. Police making the shocking discovery this morning. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im joyce evans. Now the hunt is on to find the killer and the reason behind the brutal attack. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose joining us live now from Spring Garden with the very latest. Sabina. Reporter joyce, late tonight we got new information from police they now say that the victim was shot in the head and back and detectives found a bloody screwdriver near the bo body. Superior sound studio in the basement of 4,443rd street usually known for turning out music from claimed philly hiphop stars. Saturday this sight of a mysterious murder according to philadelphia police. It was kind of a surprise to come here to meet in the parking lot and find it all roped off and police everywhere. Reporter eric jeffrey worked for nonprofit also housed in the building. Suddenly finding themselves st
So we will have winds all day long. By noon time, were in the 60s, it will remain breezy, highs managing in the low 70s, bruftry at the coast, mid50s, it looks different tomorrow and the week ahead features more changes. Ill have them for you in a few minutes. Lisa, thank you. In Castro Valley someo killed and her home set on fire. We told you about the fire that was used to cover up the death of andrea st. John in december. Officials are now saying the attack appears to be random. This dark under Surveillance Video and the charred walls of the Castro Valley home have haunted a neighborhood since december. Firefighters found andrea st. John dead in her garage. It turns out, she had been killed before the fire was set. Its a horrible thing. It could happen t. Worst part is it could have happened toian one here. Stuff happens to any of us. But relief as the District Attorney filed charges against 36yearold luckie ducaney. Documents say he confessed to the culling while on other charges.