mr wright should still be in prison under germany's policy of preventive detention was designed to keep offenders like him behind bars even after a sentence was served because they were still deemed a danger to the public but it was a policy that fell foul of the european court of human rights which ruled the practice unlawful the german government argued it worked and defended it to the end it's get pushed into failing of course there's a danger that to convict could stay in preventive detention for the rest of his life but to avoid the situation we have frequent specialist checks to assess their condition and he played a fall campaign thomas brookman opposes preventive detention that's because he wants longer sentences in the first place. last year another sex offender not given preventive detention was released back into his community a move that still causes angry protests today now these fears of being replicated across germany got to be a few of these criminals we repeat search trains again that's the worst thing that could happen and it probably will happen because they weren't p

mr. obama has found himself uncomfortably in the middle of a race controversy. following the release of the r jeremiah wright tapes in 2008. the president went to philadelphia to give his views on race. >> race is an issue that i believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. >> reporter: and again exactly one year ago when the president famously weighed in on the arrest of his friend, the prominent harvard professor gates. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home. >> reporter: after that episode the president ended up hosting a beer summit at the white house to resolve tensions between gates and the cambridge officer. as for sherrod, she said this experience has not made her cynical about the president. >> i told him right away you are my president. you've always been my president, and i've always wanted to do whatever i could to support you. before he hung up, i did tell him i need to get you down to south georgia. >> do you think the president is coming? >> i don't know. i certainly told him -- and i said, bring mich

john wright, will agree -- if i have done my job right, it is a generous check that reflects the long-term damage and then some. that is the challenge. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to start by saying how glad i am that you were willing to take this assignment and how grateful i am to the president for asking you to do this. it is a tough job, but we know from your work in new york that you are up to tough jobs. nothing can be perfect when you have a disaster of this magnitude, but i have tremendous confidence in your diligence, your intelligence, your fairness, your ability to administer complex matters. thank you for your service to our country. i want to touch on two quick things. i know other members have questions. i want to make sure that i am understanding the framework hear correctly. i think i am. this fund that you are administering is the alternative to -- it is not a contract thing. in this litigation, that is correct? when people come in, it is a way to avoid complex legation for damages in this way? >> exactly. >> and that is helpful. if people know that, it will help them understand pair read i want to go to a second issue and jus