hank you, johanna fernandez, professor of history here in new york city. davise come back, angela doyon says. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. the struggle to overhaul the criminal justice system in the u.s. has reached a pivotal moment when the obama administration push to reform harsh and racially biased sentencing for drug offenses to the recent decision ready new york state to reform its use of solitary confinement, there's a growing momentum toward rethinking the system. ubuntu have also emerged like to find overstaying your ground loss in states like florida or number of recent court cases have highlighted the issue of racial bias in the court system. doris alexander, an african-american woman of color who fired what she says was a warning shot near her abusive husband, is facing up to 60 years in prison of her retrial. michael dunn shot and killed an african american teenager in a dispute over loud music the same state of florida is facing a minim