Martha Minow on Forgiveness in the US Legal System
Clip: 11/22/2019 | 17m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Martha Minow tells Michel about her new book "When Should Law Forgive?"
Harvard Law School Professor and former Dean Martha Minow has taught generations of lawyers – including former President Obama – about the power of the law and how a sentence can best match a crime. She sits down with Michel to discuss how the American legal system, whose rate of incarceration is the highest in the world, could use a little compassion.
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Martha Minow on Forgiveness in the US Legal System
Clip: 11/22/2019 | 17m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Harvard Law School Professor and former Dean Martha Minow has taught generations of lawyers – including former President Obama – about the power of the law and how a sentence can best match a crime. She sits down with Michel to discuss how the American legal system, whose rate of incarceration is the highest in the world, could use a little compassion.
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