James Forman Jr.
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358 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 29 Jun
James Forman Jr.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And both of them is entitled to pass laws and has passed laws making various kinds of conduct criminal.
And one of the things that is covered by both is bank robberies.
And as a result, both of those entities, the state of Missouri through the St.
Louis County prosecutor and the federal government through the United States Attorney's Office in Missouri, has the authority to bring charges financially.
Federal prosecutors in federal court, state prosecutors in state court.
And that's pretty well established and has been that way for a while?
It's both well established and it's also, in some circumstances, vigorously defended by people who would otherwise be the kind of people that are kind of sympathetic to the idea that, you know, we have too much punishment in this society and we have too many prosecutions and our prison sentences are too long.
Well...
Civil rights violations are the classic example.
And police brutality cases are the other classic example.
So the most famous one in our lifetime is Rodney King.
Right.
So Rodney King is driving his car in Los Angeles.
He's pulled over.
He's beaten without mercy by the L.A.
Police Department.
And it traumatized the country.
It traumatized me.
I was a law student.
And then the further trauma was when the officers who beat him were brought to trial in the state system.
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