Peter Ouko: From death row to law graduate
Peter Ouko: İdam mahkumuyken nasıl hukuk diploması kazandım?
Pete Ouko champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in Africa. Full bio
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anlatmak istiyorum.
interior designer,
due to a broken-down judicial system.
yüzünden hapiste buldu.
he didn't commit
suçlandı ve
the victim who actually died in the murder
Cinayette ölen kişi ve Manson,
sentenced to prison
eight by seven,
kesin değildi.
that Manson would have been living in.
yaşadığını hayal ettim.
than the eight-by-seven cell.
daha büyüktü.
as he awaited the executioner --
beklerken...
he did not have a name --
biliniyordu.
the next minute,
odaya girebilirdi
that Manson faced,
belirsiz sorunun arasında
going to play the victim.
that had put him behind bars.
adalet sistemine sinirliydi.
he could change that justice system
ya da başkalarının adaleti
tek yolunun mağduru
when he decided to embrace forgiveness
affı kucaklamayı
going to be a victim anymore.
olmayacağıma karar vermiştim.
change a system
olması gereken
younger inmates every day
in prison, my fellow inmates,
harekete geçirdim.
to the justice system,
Komisyonu'na, mektup ve
that had been set up
if I may use that word --
çalışması için
sağlamak için.
graduate from the UK,
ünivesite mezunu olan
of his colleagues from university
üç ya da dört arkadaşıyla,
bir kütüphane kurdular.
of the 15 worst prisons in the world.
sayıldığını görebilirsiniz.
we were on death row.
o bize güvendi.
from the university
arkadaşlarının
with the latest technology
yenilediklerini
to very good standards
bir revir açarak
have to die in indignity.
olmadıklarını gördük.
and the support,
üniversite diploması almam için
at the University of London.
studied from South Africa,
at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
Hapishanesi'nden okuma şansım vardı.
from within the prison system.
diploması aldım.
the helpless victim.
not only to assist myself,
Ancak sadece kendime yardım etmek
haksızlıklardan mağdur
that have just been spoken about here.
legal briefs for them.
we did as much as we could.
elimizden geleni yaptık.
at the African Prisons Project
takımı daha çok
desteklemeye karar verdi.
in the Kenya Prison Service
63 tutuklu ve personel
through distance learning.
Üniversitesi'nde hukuk okuyorlar.
who are being motivated
the most indolent in society,
and others get access to justice.
etmek için hareket ediyorlar.
something kept stirring me.
bir coşku durmak bilmedi.
kept hitting me.
aklımda döndü dolaştı.
"Pete, if you can't fly,
"Pete, eğer uçamıyorsan,
tutku vardı.
to keep moving in whatever I do.
we can change our society,
tek yolunun ve
the justice system --
iyileşme gösteren
in our country --
için tek yolun
yardım etmekten geçiyor.
after 18 years in prison,
hapishanede 18 yıl yattıktan sonra,
on presidential pardon.
the African Prisons Project --
destek vermek hayatım hâline geldi.
of training and setting up
arkasındaki ilk
and legal college behind bars.
tutukluların eğitimini sağlamak.
inmates and staff
yanındaki tutuklu arkadaşına
wider society of the poor
erişimi olmayan
şekilde eğiteceğiz.
that we can all reexamine ourselves,
inceleyebileceğinin,
ve mağdur rolü oynamak
will not take us anywhere.
götürmeyecek.
gibi hissetmedim.
by the peaceful revolutionaries
yaptıklarını duydukça
the world needs you today.
Dünyanın size bugün ihtiyacı var.
each and every single one of you here,
changemakers, innovators,
mucitler ve
we have at TED,
of Martin Luther King.
hatırlamalarını istiyorum.
in your heart and your life.
bu sözler çınlamaya devam etsin.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Peter Ouko - Prison reform advocatePete Ouko champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in Africa.
Why you should listen
Twenty years ago, Peter Ouko walked into a police station in Kenya seeking answers to the circumstances under which his wife had been found murdered and the body dumped next to the police station fence. Unbeknown to him, the hunter would soon find himself as the hunted, and in a journey through the then broken down judicial system, he found himself convicted and sent to the gallows for a crime he maintains he did not commit.
Instead of bitterness, Ouko decided to forgive his tormentors and make the best of his time in prison, becoming the first inmate to graduate with a University of London Diploma in Law while behind bars. He is currently in his final year as an LLB student in the same University.
In his dual role as an Ambassador of the African Prisons Project and Founder of the Youth Safety Awareness Initiative, Ouko today champions access to justice for inmates and the indolent in society while using social enterprise to advocate for a crime free world. His goal: to demystify justice and have a crime free world underpinned by the rule of the law.
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