Week 13 Post 1 Ted Talks

Ted Talks
"We need to talk about an injustice" Bryan Stevenson, 2012

  • Power of identity 
  • beings with a personal story 
  • 2.3 million people in jail in 2012
  • 7 million people on parole in 2012 
  • system of justice that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than poor and innocent 
  • In Alabama 34% of black male population has lost right to vote 
  • U.S is only country in world who will sentence a minor to life in prison without parole 
  • 1 out of 9 people on death row innocent- a lot of error in system that kills 
  • Do we deserve to kill? 
  • No death penalty in Germany 
  • "Opposite of poverty is justice" 
  • Judge  a society by how they treat the poor and incarcerated, teaches about who you really are
"Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform" Marlon Peterson, 2017 
  • believes we learn more from questions than answers 
  • was arrested  for role in violent robbery in lower manhattan, sentenced to 10 years in prison 
  • "Criminal justice reform is human justice" 
  • Think about if you choose not to see or hear people because you have something against them...

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