J\t first viewing of the doetnnentary ·"Gideon·s Army.· you tnay become overwhelmed by the dire situation of the criminal justice systen1 in the South. specifically with regard to the poorer and less educated population. To observe how stressed the public defenders are, how tapped the resources. and how desperate the defendantsyou struggle with the notion that there tnay not be anything that can be done and its too big a problem to overcome. But delving into the professional. and, at tirnes, personal life of Travis Williams, a public defender in Georgia, you feel determination and hope. Williams advocates for each client with passion and diligence. I le is fully aware or his situation yet greets each day with new fire and energy. …show more content…
Once a student is labeled as a troublemaker, the connotation tends to remain with that student. Mental illness n1ay be present, either in the child or in the adult caregiverswhich contributes to a child's distorted formation of morality or absence of focus on future goals. !\juvenile n1ay rnerely be wrongly accused of a crime, and because legal assistance is lin1ited or nonexistent, there is no repairing the damage that has been done. As that child becomes an adult. he/she has been given inadequate skills to thrive and prosper: accessing health care. contraception, higher education. ernployn1ent, and counseling are all components of adult and family life to which the rnore educated and aftluent population are accustomed. How can we expect an adult who has been denied the rudimentary building blocks to become a successful, productive mernber of society when that same person has had a drastically different foundation than his n1iddle or upper class counterpart? How can we be absolutely sure that each offender has actually cmnmitted a crime if it is just assumed that because he/she is ·"in the systen1·· it is due to habitual offenses? It is in1perative that we scrutinize how each person has becorne a part of the crin1inalj ustice system and equalize the playing field in order to equalize the treatment or each
On 04/19/16 at approximately 9:22 AM, Tpr. Mike Harris stopped a white Chevrolet Malibu (Michigan Tag # DES4556) traveling westbound on I-10 at the 4 mile marker, for following too close. Tpr. Harris made a passenger side approach to the vehicle, and asked the driver for his driver’s license and vehicle registration.
Billy Mays Net Worth William Darrell Mays Jr. was born on the 20th July 1958 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania USA and died on the 28th June 2009. He was a television personality, working as pitchmen on the Home Shopping Network, promoting products such as OxiClean, Orange Glo and Orange Clean among other home cleaning products. His career on television was active from 1993 until 2009.
Chad is a member of the Dollar Scholars, a golfing fraternity, with best friend and roommate Boone.[1] His girlfriend is Chanel Oberlin, the president of Kappa Kappa Tau. Chad is the middle son of Mr. Radwell and Mrs. Radwell. His older brother is Brad Radwell; and his younger brother is Thad Radwell.
Born in 1925 in Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams was the grandchild of former slaves who left home at an early age and ended up enlisted in the Marines. He returned home in 1955, founding and becoming President of Monroe’s chapter of the NAACP where he recruited the working class along with the unemployed to create an unprecedented chapter. “We ended up with a chapter that was unique in the whole NAACP because of working class composition and a leadership that was not middle class. Most important, we had a strong representation of returned veterans who were very militant and didn’t scare easy.” (In Memory of Robert F. Williams)
Jason Williams was born on October 17, 1986 (currently 31 years old), in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His father, Thomas Williams, is an African American and a practicing Catholic from Brooklyn, New York, and worked as a school teacher. Jason Williams mother, Sandra Williams is a white Catholic from the Netherlands who worked as an English teacher and florist. He is their only child. Jason Williams parents divorced when he was five years old.
Paulette Williams was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1948. She was the eldest of four children born to Paul T. Williams and Eloise Williams. Her father, Paul Williams, was an Air Force surgeon and her mother was a psychiatric social worker and educator. She lived in a racially diverse neighborhood which included well educated upper middle class black and white families. As a child, she attended poetry readings with her younger sister, another playwright, Ifa Bayeza, which nurtured her curiosity and interest.
David Feige’s Indefensible: One Lawyer’s Journey nto the Inferno of American Justice invites people from all walks of life to a second hand experience of the criminal justice system hard at work. What is most interesting about Feige’s work is its distinct presentation of the life of a public defender in the South Bronx. Instead of simply detailing out his experiences as a public defender, Feige takes it a step further and includes the experiences of his clients. Without the personal relationships that he carefully constructs with each of his defendants, Feige would not be able to argue that the criminal justice system is flimsy at best, decisions always riding on either the judge’s personal attitudes or the clients propensity towards plea bargaining.
Gideon v. Wainwright was a very important case for the Supreme Court; it guaranteed the same kind of fair trial in state courts as was expected in federal courts. In 1961 Clarence Gideon was denied an attorney in a state court and he appealed to the Supreme Court arguing this was violating his constitutional right to a fair trial. This was going against a previous decision by a Federal Court of Appeals in 1941. The Supreme Court accepted Gideon's petition and reviewed the decision of the Court of Appeals. In 1963 the Supreme Court decided in favor of Gideon and overruled the previous decision changing the precedent for all state courts.
Although, discriminatory discipline overtly plays a significant role in pushing youth particularly students of color out of the classrooms and into the pipeline, this shines a light on the fact that our public school system is failing our children regardless of race. While a faulty public school system can not foster students educational development nor prepare students to be responsible citizens who lead economically and socially productive lives. Therefore, stopping the bleeding of school-to-prison pipeline is merely a prelude to a much larger social justice challenge—the right to quality education that constructs the well-being for all.
The Rise of Daniel Hale Williams Daniel Hale Williams III was an extraordinary African American surgeon. Dr. Williams, the son of a barber, was a free African American born during the 1800s to Daniel Hale Williams II and Sarah Williams. Dr. Williams’ family was heavily impacted by the ongoing history at the time. Furthermore, Dr. Williams’ ancestors were slaves. Daniel’s ancestors on both sides were a mixture of European, Native American, and African American.
Theodore “Teddy” Riley The creator of “New Jack swing” stated journalist Berry Michael Cooper. Artist and producer Teddy Riley created a sound that infused hip hop and R&B and had a huge impact on the music of the mid 80’s and still popular today. He worked with artist such as Janet Jackson, Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson. He is the lead singer of the popular 90’s group Guy.
Wes Montgomery is an American jazz guitarist, who was born on March 6th 1923. During his career he was extremely influential throughout the jazz community. Unlike many musicians, Montgomery started playing music at the late age of 19. He had no formal training, having to teach himself the craft of guitar.
Sean Taylor was born on April 1, 1983, in Miami, Florida. At the age of 3, his parents divorced. So, his father and stepmother, Josephine Taylor, in the Richmond Heights area of Miami-Dade County, primarily raised him. Sean played high school football at Gulliver Preparatory School, where he participated as running back on offense and defensive back and linebacker on defense.
On December 28, 1953, Trip Hawkins, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the gaming industry was born in Pasadena, California. Hawkins grew us in Pasadena as the only child of William Hawkins, Jr. and Helen Hawkins, and he is currently married with four children. He also went on to graduate from some of the most prestigious colleges in the United States. “At Harvard, Hawkins graduated magna cum laude with a self-designed major in strategy and applied game theory, then added a Stanford MBA in 1978.” Hawkins is most known in the video game industry for the company he founded, Electronic Arts.
Blake Mycoskie is the Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS Shoes. TOMS is a successful business that was started after Blake Mycoskie visited Argentina in 2006. He noticed the difficulty faced by children who were growing without shoes. Thus, his solution was to start TOMS Shoes to support impoverished children (“Blake Mycoskie”, n.d.). Amazingly, since 2006 TOMS Shoes has provided more than 50 million pairs of shoes to children (“Blake Mycoskie”,