© Edward Keating/The New York TimesMore than 90 percent of criminal cases are never tried before a jury.
The woman was Susan Burton, who knows a lot about being processed through the criminal justice system.
Her odyssey began when a Los Angeles police cruiser ran over and killed her 5-year-old son. Consumed with grief and without access to therapy or antidepressant medications, Susan became addicted to crack cocaine. She lived in an impoverished black community under siege in the "war on drugs," and it was but a matter of time before she was arrested and offered the first of many plea deals that left her behind bars for a series of drug-related offenses. Every time she was released, she found herself trapped in an under-caste, subject to legal discrimination in employment and housing.
Fifteen years after her first arrest, Susan was finally admitted to a private drug treatment facility and given a job. After she was clean she dedicated her life to making sure no other woman would suffer what she had been through. Susan now runs five safe homes for formerly incarcerated women in Los Angeles. Her organization, A New Way of Life, supplies a lifeline for women released from prison. But it does much more: it is also helping to start a movement. With groups like All of Us or None, it is organizing formerly incarcerated people and encouraging them to demand restoration of their basic civil and human rights.
Comment: Where to begin? This story is completely backward from the reality on the ground.
"Israel is not keen to see an escalation [while escalating things], Israel is not keen to hurt innocents [while innocents are being killed], Israel is absolutely opposed to this [while doing exactly what it claims to be opposed to]."
"For now [while doing exactly what it is implying it is not doing].."
The whole article can be seen line for line that Israel is (made to appear as) the victim, when in fact the people of Gaza have been the victims of Israel for years.
The Image: Look closely - Where is the hole from where the alleged rocket hit? How is pouring air on a back tire that is not burning helping stop a non-fire? Why are there no other signs of damage, broken windows on buildings, other forms of debris, burn marks..? Why is there no large group of civilians in the background, but only men in yellow vests and a few camera people, vs. the hordes you'd find during any police/medical situation in a populated area?