Perhaps the most important aspect of the American way of life is our justice system. The courts are a pillar of our democratic society. A jury trial is a constitutional right.
Our founding fathers believed the right to be tried by a jury of our peers was the highest law of the land. It’s included in the 6th and 7th amendments of the Bill of Rights.
But our court system is under fire. Local courts have been chastised for convicting people of color at a far greater rate than whites. The system often compels innocent people to plead guilty. Different courts in adjacent jurisdictions yield different penalties for the same crime. High-level white-collar executives are rarely prosecuted for serious crimes.
The highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court has been accused of becoming a partisan appendage of the Republican party with six of the nine justices being appointed by the GOP, three justices were appointed by ex-President Donald Trump while President Barack Obama was denied one appointment to the high court.
To discuss these critical issues, impacting all of our lives, is Ron Kuby. Kuby is a nationally known criminal defense and civil rights attorney who’s worked on some of the most high-profile cases in America including New York’s vigilante shooter Bernard Goetz, terrorist Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman who orchestrated the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, and mass murderer Colin Ferguson. He was a partner with famed attorney William Kuntsler one of the most important civil rights lawyers of the 20th century. Kuby has also hosted national TV and radio programs.
