. >> richard, this is alan jenkins, co-hosting with carlos. i wanted to ask about the news blackout. make afghan journalists say they believe it violates the new afghan institution that has the right of free expression. is that something you're hearing on the ground? >> yes. it was rule imposed on all the local afghan media today. if you watch state television while there were several attacks in kabul this morning, other attacks, rocket attacks, there was video in kandahar, they didn't broadcast any of it. instead they showed happy people going to polling stations, advertisement running for the last several weeks encouraging people to come out and vote. that was part of the government's strategy to encourage people to vote and not focus on the violence that was intimidating a lot of people. but people still new and you're saying that nationwide. >> a quick final question. some people expected a runoff, not only the current president karzai but the foreign minister could be in the runoff. is there any more sense of whether or not that will happ

alan jenkins is the ceos of an opportunity agenda and former senior justice department official. alan where the nation's fixated on the economy and health care reform you told me you think there is fairly major changes, almost a quiet revolution in thousand we're approaching criminal justice. say a little bit more. >> absolutely, carlos. we're seeing under the radar huge changes in criminal justice at the state level so a state like texas, well-known for its harsh criminal of justice policies is now focusing on drug courts where somebody who would otherwise be convicted after crime go to prison and can actually undergo drug treatment and close supervision by a judge avoid incarceration. >> texas is doing more rehab and less imprisonment? >> exactly. >> again, these are laws that are almost 40 years old go back to former governor nelson rockefeller who was trying to get tough on drugs in the late '60s and early '70s, some thought mafg too far and ended up locking people up for extremely long periods of time? >> that's right. where it used to be toxic to roll back any kind of law en

jenkins and he has not responded. >> we are taking your calls live. let's unleash the lawyer. alan ripka, joining us out of new york. christopher amolsch, joining us out of washington, d.c. christopher amolsch, let's talk about it. this guy is not only a reality tv star, he's also a real estate mogul in canada. if he has gone back across the canadian border and this case results in a prosecution, wherein the death penalty is sought, they may not send him back to the u.s. >> that's exactly right. oftentimes what will happen, the canadian government or the mexican government will only agree to extradite him if the government who's prosecuting him agrees not to seek the death penalty. >> ripka? >> that's correct. he'll have to show that he did not intend on killing her, we're not seeking the death penalty, and then we can bring him back. >> to john beard with knx 1070, do we know the cause of death, john? >> we do know it was strangulation. i checked with the police a short time ago and they confirmed it was strangulation. >> ripka, how could they go about showing he didn't intend to