. >> that is quintessential maurice white from the lyrics to the philosophy to the intent. it being something more than just for ourselves. 41 years later, it is still fulfilling his dreams and aspirations because it was bigger than just himself. more than just reasons of getting bling-bling and accolades. fews: stevie wonder or a other artists i can name, that notion of humanity and service, the notion of love has been at the epicenter of the world. why love? need that we all have, it never grows old. somethingst so true, that as we love one another and teach each other, we are all fulfilled. we are fulfilling a need. he said people need to latin, theyazz and need to experience more depth in the music but in a commercial way. how do i do that? that. to change what do i do? we will be about this. that andill able to do it is almost like it is new. people influenced you when you started and you have influenced a bunch of other folks. how does it feel to be on the other end? >> now people come up and they thank us for making the music. they tell us where they were. because us

on march 28, 2011 after more than 20 years in prison, maurice colwell is free. thank you for being here. [ applause ] linda star is the legal and cofounding in the santa clara law, law center clerk received her ph.d.. she wrote and argued post conviction matters in state and federal court and supervisor in the sex crimes unit. she worked as a staff attorney in the 56 appellate court and now works on appeals. from a prosecutor to now an defender. welcome. >> now we have a senior partner, named one of the top trial lawyers in the united states. he's a lion of the trial bar. i have known him for many many years. probably the most suspected trial lawyer. he's practiced for over 50 years. not to make you feel old and has done both civil and trial work and tried 140 cases including many many high profile cases and recognized as 2012 lifetime achiever by the american lawyer. welcome to our panel. i'm going to start with don since we just watched the clip. what made you want to make the movie? >> i was a civil litigate or but working in television at the time in a and e

i may not see it myself the way it's going. >> just moving to the next question for maurice. did you feel discouraged in your fight for innocence when you were incarcerated and did you feel like it was you against the system? >> yes. i felt that, you know from day one. because it's like, even going through trial, it was like i felt that i had no way, story, even if my story was true, there was no way. my character, from where i was from, it was like, i'm already guilty. so for intimidation, i didn't feel intimidated. i always like i said, the hope i had from one end, it deteriorated from me even losing faith from the system and the police arresting me. the lawyers were the ones that helped me get out and the same people that i needed to help me get out were the ones that i was like mad at. so mad, my madness made me fight. so i stayed fighting but i never felt like it was going to be over. i got a niece that is 23 years old right now, even in 2011 when my case got over

in maurice's case, six months in the segregation unit, also known as "i" house.e inmates are given hard time. time that's added on to their sentence. it's also considered hard time because of the harsh conditions and severe restrictions that accompany time in "i" house. officer loquita younger is one of the correctional officers assigned to the segregation unit. >> basically, this is where the bad people for being extra bad in the facility come to be locked up. >> a walk-through one of "i" house's wards quickly reveals how different it is from the general population unit. this is stateville's version of solitary confinement. >> how y'all doing? >> markers indicating dangerous inmates fill the ward as does an overwhelming stench. >> it's a stripped cell, so they don't have on any clothes or very little clothes. they urinate, bowel movement everywhere. >> can you tell us what that is? >> it's feces. spreads it on everything. clean it off every day. every day, he puts it right back on. >> i think they just kind of crazy. kind of the prison life is probably getting t

not maurice jones drew. season was cut when he had an injure that sidelined him for the season. >> i want to be out with my teammates and enjoy them. >> what has recovery been like for. >> you the road of recovery is very long. you have to be patient. mentally every time you're off for a while. i didn't play football for ten months. you have--i want to call it doubt, but you have a little concern can i get back to it, but you know, it's at the door, and it's just like riding a bike. your body naturally makes the moves. yeah, you get sore, and things here and there, but the important part was for me getting out there and stick with it. >> many have said this may be the end of the line for maurice jones drew. >> you have to finds ways to motivate yourself every day. that was just one of the ways by looking at my number every day in the back of my mine everybody passed me up. let's keep going. we still have something to prove. we still have to keep striving to be the best. >> leave it to the three-time pro bowl

and almost always in every case it's a constant variety of causes, that would be that case and in maurice's case as well. he had an effective attorney. he was not a public defender and has since been disbarred. it was his only criminal case. he shouldn't have taken the case to begin with. it's with the help of the public defenders office that initial help with jeff's office that we were able to get the case over turned ultimately. but as maurice said about his case, i wouldn't have needed an attorney if the police and prosecutors had done their job to begin with. he's right. i don't want to lose track of that. his attorney was inadequate but he wouldn't have been in the position if everyone else had done their job in the first place. that is pervasive in our system and people working in the trenches is hard to overcome that complacency and their client issen entitled to that. that doesn't provide the information that they need to challenge the prosecution. where we know many of our experts on arson and the fire wasn't arson. when you have evidence that isn't disclosed you have experts that

but as maurice said about his case, i wouldn't have needed an attorney if the police and prosecutors had done their job to begin with. he's right. i don't want to lose track of that. his attorney was inadequate but he wouldn't have been in the position if everyone else had done their job in the first place. that is pervasive in our system and people working in the trenches is hard to overcome that complacency and their client issen entitled to that. that doesn't provide the information that they need to challenge the prosecution. where we know many of our experts on arson and the fire wasn't arson. when you have evidence that isn't disclosed you have experts that are challenged because there are no resources and you have a system that has burden the public with too many cases and it's impossible for them not to be complacent. we have to remember to be vigilant and challenge a system that doesn't give a person representation are entitled to. >> i wanted to ask you what is it about the culture of prosecution or prosecutors that allows wrongful convictions. i know there have been storie

as al jazeera's jessica tapp tells us, the key to the season could rest on the powerful legs of mauricees drew. >> most nfl players dread training camps not maurice jones drew, his 2012 campaign was cut short after he suffered a painful foot injury. >> more than anything i want to play a full season, just be out there with my teammates, enjoy them because this only lasts so long. >> what has the road to recovery been to you? >> it's long, very long, you have to be patient. i think mentally every time you're off for a while, i didn't play football for ten months, you have -- i don't want to call it doubt but you have a little concern can i get back to it. but after doing something for 20 years it's like riding the bike, you get back out there and your body starts making these moves and yeah you get a little sore and little things here but for me it was to get out there and stick with this. >> coming back from foot surgery many have said this may be the end of the line for maurice jones drew however he proves his are critics wrong. 32 teams that passed on the pro bowler on that fateful ni

. >> repoer: is this heaven, no it's joppa and for maurice, mariner park is better than heaven. >> it's even better when they get to biting. everyone whenthey don't -- even when they don't bite, i sit out here and enjoy the weather and the sun and watch the boats and chill. >> reporter: just don't look too close. that's not a crab trap and this line hasn't seen a reel in a long time. keeping up with the litter is like swimming upstream and the park could use help. that's why it's part of the international coastal clean up. >> a lot of kids come out here and they try to like keep it up so the kids can come out here. >> reporter: if you and your kids are looking for volunteer opportunities, come see what draws maurice here every year. >> come out here, cool my heel off on my birthday every year. >> reporter: just a little downstream o heaven. blan >>> speaking of the water, immaterial to take a moment to salute a group of fellow marylanders to want. severalhundred of us will be taking the plunge to make waste to cancer in the 4th annual swim this weekend. the reason people feel so compell

not maurice jones-drew.he has been anxious to get back on the field after his 2012 campaign was cut short after a painful foot injury that left him sidelined for the final ten games of the season. >> i just want to play a full season, just to be out there with my teammates and enjoy them because it only lasts so long. >> how was the road of recovery for you? >> it's long. you have to be patient. i didn't play football for ten months. you have--i want to call it doubt, you have a little concern can i get back to it? but you know, it's like riding a bike. you get out there, and your body naturally starts making these moves. yeah, you're sore and different things here and there, but the biggest part for me was going out and sticking with it. >> coming off foot surgery many have said this is the end of the line for maurice jones-drew, but he has made a living of proving his critics wrong. he wears 32 as a motivational tool signifying all 32 teams that passed on the pro bowler on that fateful night in 2006. >> yo

i sat down with maurice jones drew, to talk about his past and future in this edition of al jazeera'spreview week. >> most players dread opening week, not maurice jones drew, his 2012 campaign was cut short after he suffered a final foot injury. >> more than anything i want to play a full season. be out there with my teammates, enjoy them because this only lasts so long. >> what has the road to recovery been for you? >> it was long. i think it was very long. you have to be patient. i think mentally every time you were off, i didn't play football for ten months, you have -- i don't want to call it doubt but you have a little concern can i get back to it. but you know after doing something for 20 years it's like riding a bike. you get back out there and your body starts naturally making these moves. you get sore and here and there but for me, sticking with it. >> coming off foot surgery, many said this would be the end of the line for maurice jones drew however, he's made a lie of that, going back he has worn 32, signifying,. >> you have to motivate yourselves every day. by looking at m

in 1983 after more than a dozen albums and six grammies, maurice white decided that the band needed awas a very uncomfortable period. traumatic. very traumatic. this is all we knew. this is all we had. when somebody kind of pulls that rug out, you know, you're like, now you have to rethink your whole program. >> reporter: so what did you do? you know what i did? i called a friend of mine who had a construction company. i went to install fire springallers. i worked on a construction sight. then i worked at a stereo shop. >> reporter: doing what? selling stereos which i was very comfortable with. >> reporter: the band reformed in the late '80s but was dealt another blow when maurice white was diagnosed with parkinson's disease. could you guys see the signs of parkinson's? >> yeah, we could. it was, you know, it was a few years. you know, we walked down it together. it took a lot of courage for him to finally get to the toint of really even saying, you know, this is what it is. we were all hoping that it perhaps might be something else. something that you might be able to be treated with

. >> this may be the end of the line for maurice jones-drew., he has made a living out of proving his critics wrong. he wears number 32 as a motivational tool signifying all 32 teams that passed on the pro poler on the fateful night in 6:00. >> you have tin 2006. >> you have to find ways to motivate yourself. i just look down that number a ands the thought in the back of my mind, we still have something to prove. to keep striving and to be the best. >> leave it to the 2011 rushing champion to groom his own offensive line. >> i have a love jones for big men who can block. it's something exciting to see a young guy who comes in, and you plug him in and everyone gets better. that's what we were able to do with luke. he came in and to start off as a rookie, the skies the limit for him. >> jones drew also has a love for fantasy football. it's a huge topic on his sirius radio show. >> for the first time i can own somebody. i known aaron rogers this year. aaron, if you're watching, i need you to run and throw. i know da juan harris is there, but we ne

and maurice harris is back in the end zone. what a play. bears up 24-20. goff becomes the second quarterback ever to throw over 400 yards in back-to-back games. 485 yards and two touchdowns. rogers doing all of the work on the 75-yard score. and these are jared's in high school last year. first win at berkeley. 37-30 is the final. >> we knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. we have to give oregon state credit. they played hard and i think in a lot of ways they outplayed us in the first half. good to get away. not easy to do. >> it's a success but at the same time there's a lot of stuff that we need to get better at. >> down on the farm, this is san form's first game of the season. kevin hogan, 40-yard strike first every collegiate touchdown. hoping to have the complete highlights for you at 11:00. retaining the looking in the american league west, solid pitching and just enough hitting to squeak out a 2-1 victory. first run of the game didn't come until the fourth. crushes it off and 22nd of the year. 393 in september. 1-0, a's. meanwhile, just two h

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as david atlee phillips also known as maurice spaceship. i had been stationed in cuba in one nine hundred fifty five fifty eight i was there fifty nine and sixty before i had to leave rather abruptly i had an affinity for cuba the cuban people are more. every occasion his interest was fidel one when leaving where is fidel going to walk our feet els i ten or aries clearly they intended to assassinate him these operations against cuba were known to the attorney general of the united states the secretary of defense the secretary of state and the president for national security affairs the president united states himself. castro could not defend against these attacks so he tried to plough missy. in august one thousand nine hundred sixty one he dispatched che guevara to meet with kennedy's advisor richard goodwin in or of why. the two men met in secret during which che made it clear cuba could loosen its ties with the soviets stop supporting revolution in latin america and compensate the american companies that had expropriated if the united sta

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maurice johnson says it was these haunting pictures of the gunman that inspired him to a ten. >> it's really sad. in my hearty had to do something. i was sitting home. i decided to put my jacket on and be a part of the service. >> reporter: mayor vincent gray also talked about the need for additional gun control. he said how long are we as a civilized nation going to continue to put up with this before action is taken? >> reporting live from northwest washington, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> we're watching a developing story near chicago tonight. one person killed, one severely burned after a small plane crashed in the suburb of bolingbrook. police say the plane was on its way to a small airport when it went into a tree and hit a light pole, then crashed into several vehicles and a bank parking lot. both of the victims were on that plane. nobody on the ground was injured. tonight federal investigators are headed to that scene. >>> a lot on the line in a very -- for virginia governor. the candidates, terry mcauliffe and cuccinelli went head to head on nbc4 tonight. the candidates critici