mine. >> after the relative chose not to confront him in court, politi's charges were dropped to wantonangerment, and he was sentenced to another seven years in prison. less than a year after his release, he was arrested on his current charges of murder, rape, and sodomy. >> he was talking about getting the death penalty if they tried to give you a life sentence or something. >> i'm not doing any time anymore. either let me out the door or, you know, give me the death penalty. >> death penalty, which would you rather take? the injection or the -- what's it called? >> injection. i would never do the gas. >> you'd rather take the injection? oh, my god, man. you're crazy. >> the injection is a little more humane than the gas. >> politi, man, you're crazy, man. >> mr. politi, how about you sit over here and i'll sit here. it might work better. >> while he awaits trial at louisville metro, politi receives checkups from the jail psychiatrist, dr. easley. >> how have you been? >> not very good. i can't sleep. during the day or at night. either -- i hear a lot of voices. sometimes i go over the

having a fried egg roll, wanton, something good. it taught me the value of working hard and what it meant to be part of a small business, a small business -- a small business, small family, and an immigrant family at that. really being impacted by the los angeles riots, when that occurred, put me on the path toward public policy and understanding what it meant to have opportunities and not have opportunities in our various communities. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor chu: i came to the area to pursue a master's degree in public policy at the uc- berkeley school. ever since then, i fell in love with what a wonderful area the bay area is. >> what motivated your interest in politics? supervisor chu: to be frank, i never saw myself in an elected position at all. i had grown up in southern california, and during the first day of the los angeles riots, my parents had their cars stolen at gunpoint. they were left out and had to pay someone $100 to get back to chinatown. it really influenced me. we had a restauran

-- by putting a sex scene are they going it say look at the shameless americans who are promoting wanton sexual alty. it's the same where do we stop? tell me. that's my question to you. where do you draw the line? >> -- as an artist like i said, right at beginning is to my ultimate responsibility it to represent human beings who are three dimensional not black and white and flawed and have huge gray area. i suppose it extends to the whole piece, i have to feel like there's not one massive -- i find it artistically dull for something to be overly policized in term of the agenda it's a mess age piece and this is the truth. i don't feel like the truth. the characters i portray i bring back to the character there is good and bad, you know, comprise all kinds of difficult areas and but i would also need to see that in the piece as whole ooze well. and that somehow it increases a kind of dignity and perspective and understanding, potentially for the people instances where i get to gray areas. people think about blair do you agree with the politics or not. the more you get em mersessed in the w

there are lessons to be gleaned from the approaches they have taken to successfully address the wanton loss of life from gun violence. we can and must learn from the experience of others. the second piece of my optimism comes from this country's history. in recent centuries, there is no denying the change in public sentiment that has undergirded policy reforms on drunk and public vaccination. big tobacco resented eight seemingly impregnable barrier against regulation, until it happens. this is often the story behind monumental changes in us policy. consider the civil rights act of 1964. it took lyndon johnson to probably send it forward. he overcame what seems to be an unshakable logjam. in short, in our lifetimes, we have served enough nontrivial policy changes to recognize the inherent iron grip of status quo forces can be shattered and policy can progress. in the next few weeks, we can anticipate and hope that the debate over the regulation of guns and the balance between individual rights and civic obligation will command sustained into serious attention from our political leadersh

but they are telling lessons that these countries have taken to address successfully the wanton loss of life from gun violence. we can and we must learn from the experience of others. the second source of my optimism lies in this country's history. in recent decades there is no denying the seachange in public sentiment that has undergirded public health policy reforms in areas as diverse as the seatbelt usage, drunk driving and public vaccination. big tobacco presented a seemingly impregnable barrier against regulation, until that happens. this is often the story behind monumental changes in u.s. policy. consider the civil rights act of 1954. it took lyndon johnson legislative genius to prod the senate forward, deepak resistance and over, what seem to be an unshakable logjam. in short, in our lifetime we observe nontrivial policy change to recognize that the impaired iron grip of status quo forces can be shattered, and policy can progress. in the next few weeks we can anticipate and hope that the debate over the effect of regulars of guns and the appropriate balance between individua