book called the power of, one how i tell the trent strength to tell the truth and blow the whistle. happy father s day to all the dads and father figures out, there stay right where you, are inside jen psaki begins right now. another week, another arraignment for donald trump. the former president pleads not guilty to 37 felony counts. as lots of his former allies say enough is enough. trump s former national security adviser john bolton is among those speaking out, and he s coming up first. plus trump on enemies list congressman adam schiff is probably on it. so what does he think about trump s promises to weaponize the doj against his opponents if he is reelected. i will ask him when he joins me in just a few minutes. also today, we are hearing a lot of complaints from the former presidents defenders about a two tiered justice system. and they are right. just not in the way they think. and later, a trip to maryland for a conversation with one of the democratic party
i had so many thoughts leading up to this assignment as to what it was gonna be like. trying to imagine going down this road, knowing it s a one-way trap. there s this moment when you get this last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steal match. louisiana s highway 66. it s a beautiful countryside. it s undoubtedly not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they ll most likely die. but road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary. a former plantation the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola, named after the african country that was home to the slaves who once worked these very fields. now, angela is the largest maximum security prison in the country, where today, i ll be housed with about 5500 men. i m heading into ground zero of mass incarceration. there s certainly a heightened awareness as i walk through here. no guards. for the next couple days, i ll be staying here, explain key issues of the pri
$6250 for each of his 28 years behind bars. from 2016 to 2020, 374 people wrongfully convicted of murder, 61% african-americans, have reunited with their families together they spent over 6000 years in prison. years. years they will never get back. that s all for this edition of dateline. i am craig melvin. thank you for watching. i am craig melvin and this is dateline. leading up to this assign what it was going to be like. i had so many thoughts leading to this assignment as to what it would be like. trying to imagine going down isoad, knowing it s a one- way trip. this moment where you get your last glimpse of the world around you, but that glimpse is through steelman mesh. louisiana highway 66. it s beautiful countryside and undoubtedly not lost on the countless men driven to the place where they will most likely die. that road ends here. the louisiana state penitentiary, a former plantation. the size of manhattan. 28 square miles. most people call it angola named
wealthy and well connected, and another system for everyone else of course, there s plenty of evidence to support that. there is a two tiered justice system, like this recent city from syracuse university showing how white collar crimes are prosecuted at lower levels and other kinds of offenses which disproportionately affect poor more diverse communities. and you can see evidence of a two tiered justice system and the demographics of our prisons. according to the naacp black and hispanics collectively make up 56% of the but they represent 56% of the u.s. prison population. that is a two tiered justice system in desperate need of reform. but that s not what they re talking about. this looks like another example of a two tiered system of justice. it is completely a two tiered system of justice. this is a dual system of justice. it s a two tiered justice system to go after president trump. the justice is targeting him
trump, which is projected to reduce the sentences of thousands of nonviolent offenders in federal prisons. but that doesn t affect more than 90% of the u. s. prison population, which is locked up in state and local facilities. some states had already been relaxing sentencing guidelines like here in louisiana, which started in 2001. heavenly father but estein was sentenced under the older and harsher laws. so, he sued the state and won, which earned him a date with the parole board. now he s just hours away. i m not a troublemaker. i have done everything possible to rehabilitate. i m a little antsy right now. a little nervous i was up late just thinking about things, just trying to get in my mind that the possibility of me being released. you re making a way for all of us here. you have made it. y all be blessed, my brothers. [crowd chanting] his 31-year-old son, a law school graduate, came to