Ronald Sullivan: How I help free innocent people from prison
Рональд Салливан: Как я помогаю освобождать невиновных из тюрьмы
Ronald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory. Full bio
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a 19-hour, very long drive
в длительную 19-часовую поездку
a hundred more times, easily,
ещё как минимум сто раз,
wonderful, wonderful trip.
проводите время.
за рулём назад домой.
were away in Florida.
пока вы были во Флориде.
who will listen,
кто готов слушать:
and Minnie and my kids!"
и моими детьми!»
кто доказывает,
I have worked on
я работаю над тем,
невиновных людей,
и 8 месяцев в тюрьме
in Brooklyn, New York,
Нью-Йорк,
что он был в Диснейленде.
in the prosecutor's file,
в папку прокурора,
to his public defender.
его государственному защитнику.
and we found it,
и мы нашли его,
совершил преступление.
committed the crime.
небольшую предысторию.
from the Brooklyn District Attorney.
адвокат Бруклинского округа.
in designing a program
разработать программу
обвинительных приговоров».
a unit in a prosecutor's office
отделом в прокуратуре,
свои завершённые дела
they made mistakes.
допустили они ошибку или нет.
неправомерного осуждения.
в истории Нью-Йорка.
достигло 21 —
significant time behind bars.
количество времени за решёткой.
of the men and women
мужчинах и женщинах,
in the course of this program.
в рамках этой программы.
в котором говорилось:
I've been framed.
Меня ложно обвинили.
like it was open and shut,
что дело открыли и закрыли,
лишь один свидетель,
более детально изучать подобные дела.
a little bit closer at those cases.
что она услышала выстрел
and turned around and looked,
повернулась, посмотрела
and in jail for 17-some-odd years.
приговорили к 17 с лишним годам тюрьмы.
поэтому мы решили его пересмотреть.
so we took a look at it.
and there was an inconsistency.
и мы обнаружили противоречие.
оттуда, где она, по её словам, была,
from where she said she was
что он не совершал этого,
that he didn't do it,
about this witness.
с этим свидетелем.
had a number on it.
был номер.
that this witness had a record.
что у свидетеля была судимость.
of non-digitized papers
за 20-летний период,
о чём рассказывала.
29 years later.
29 лет спустя.
it looked open and shut.
что дело было открыто и закрыто.
that juvenile confessions
что признания подростков
were police and prosecutors.
были полицейскими и прокурорами.
признание было вынужденным,
different hairstyle,
с другими причёсками,
совершивших преступление,
об аннулировании обвинения»,
that judges say all the time,
что судьи говорят постоянно,
his codefendant, Mr. Stuckey,
мистеру Стаки,
at counsel table in his place.
вместо него сидела его мать.
the rest of my life.
anything that I've learned,
что-то, что я понял,
не торжествует сама по себе.
справедливость восторжествовать.
that just descends from above
дарованное нам с небес
wouldn't have died in prison.
не умер бы в тюрьме.
заставляют восторжествовать.
just an extra minute --
find the receipt,
найти чек,
and say, "That cannot be."
и сказать: «Этого не может быть».
would be alive today.
одно из моих любимых стихотворений.
would always recite,
Бенджамин Элайя Мейс,
give account if I abuse it.
Упущу — нет оправданья.
their careers and their lives,
посвящать жизнь и карьеру
whatever you do,
чем бы вы ни занимались,
he was released from prison.
когда его освободили из тюрьмы.
прикоснуться ранее.
you want to do?"
to walk on the sidewalk
прогуляться по тротуару
куда идти».
about two weeks ago.
около двух недель назад.
when we met with him
когда мы с ним встретились,
is locked up unjustly.
несправедливо не посадили в тюрьму.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. - Clinical professor of lawRonald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory.
Why you should listen
Professor Ronald Sullivan is the faculty director of the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute and the Harvard Trial Advocacy Workshop. Sullivan also serves as Faculty Dean of Winthrop House at Harvard College. He is the first African American ever appointed Faculty Dean in Harvard's history. He is a founding member and Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project.
Sullivan has merged legal theory and practice over the course of his career in unique and cutting-edge ways. In 2014, he was tasked to design and implement a Conviction Review Unit (CRU) for the newly elected Brooklyn District Attorney. The CRU, designed to identify and exonerate wrongfully convicted persons, quickly became regarded as the model conviction integrity program in the nation. In its first year of operation alone, Sullivan discovered over 10 wrongful convictions, which the DA ultimately vacated. Some of the exonerated citizens had served more than 30 years in prison before they were released.
In 2008, Sullivan served as Chair, Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for then-Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In this capacity, his committee made policy recommendations on a range of issues in an effort to put into practice some of the best research in the field. He also served as a member of the National Legal Advisory Group for the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign. Finally, Sullivan was appointed Advisor to the Department of Justice Presidential Transition Team.
In 2007, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Sullivan was asked to create a system to solve a criminal justice crisis. More than 6,000 citizens were incarcerated in and around New Orleans without representation and with all official records destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Sullivan designed an indigent defense delivery system that resulted in the release of nearly all the 6000 inmates.
Sullivan still maintains an appellate and trial practice. He has represented persons ranging from politicians to professional athletes to recording artists to pro bono clients in criminal jeopardy. Representative clients include: The family of Michael Brown, former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez and the family of Usaamah Rahim.
Sullivan is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Morehouse College and the Harvard Law School, where he served as President of the Harvard Black Law Students Association and as General Editor of the Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal.
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