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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 14, 2017
WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.
(State of
incorporation) 0-19797
(Commission
File Number) 74-1989366
Identification Number)
550 Bowie Street
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 15, 2017, Whole Foods Market, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") by and among Amazon.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Amazon"), the Company, and Walnut Merger Sub, Inc., a Texas corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon ("Merger Sub"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company continuing as the surviving company in the Merger.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each share of common stock, no par value, of the Company ("Whole Foods Shares") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (other than Whole Foods Shares owned by the Company, Merger Sub, Amazon, or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, in each case, not held on behalf of third parties and Whole Foods Shares owned by shareholders who have exercised their rights as dissenting owners under Texas law) will be converted into the right to receive $42.00 per Whole Foods Share in cash, without interest.
The Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company and Amazon relating to their respective businesses and organizations, in each case generally subject to materiality qualifiers. Additionally, the Merger Agreement provides for customary pre-closing covenants of the Company, including covenants relating to conducting its business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and refraining from taking certain actions without Amazon's consent, covenants not to solicit proposals relating to alternative transactions or, subject to certain exceptions, enter into discussions concerning or provide information in connection with alternative transactions and covenants requiring the Company's board of directors (the "Board"), subject to certain exceptions, to recommend that the Company's shareholders approve the Merger Agreement.
Prior to the approval of the Merger Agreement by the Company's shareholders, the Board may withdraw, qualify, or modify its recommendation that the Company's shareholders approve the Merger Agreement or approve, recommend, or otherwise declare advisable any Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) subject to complying with notice and other specified conditions.
Amazon and the Company have agreed to use their respective reasonable best efforts, subject to certain exceptions, to, among other things, consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement as promptly as reasonably practicable and obtain any required regulatory approvals. Amazon is not required to take any action or to agree to any restriction or condition with respect to any asset, operation or business or the conduct of business of Amazon, the Company or their respective subsidiaries, other than divestitures of certain of the Company's assets. Amazon is not permitted to acquire control of any third party in North America in the grocery industry that operates physical retail grocery stores if that would materially impact the regulatory approval process.
Consummation of the Merger is subject to various conditions, including, among others, customary conditions relating to the approval of the Merger Agreement by the requisite vote of the Company's shareholders, and expiration of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and Competition Act (Canada) clearance. The obligation of each party to consummate the Merger is also conditioned on the other party's representations and warranties being true and correct (subject to certain materiality exceptions) and the other party having performed in all material respects its obligations under the Merger Agreement. The transaction is not conditioned on Amazon's receipt of financing.
The Merger Agreement also provides for certain mutual termination rights of the Company and Amazon, including the right of either party to terminate the Merger Agreement if the Merger is not consummated by February 15, 2018 (the "Outside Date"), provided that the Outside Date may be extended by either party one time for a period of 90 days under certain circumstances. Either party may also terminate the Merger Agreement if the Company's shareholder approval has not been obtained at a duly convened meeting of the Company's shareholders or an order permanently
restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger becomes final and non-appealable. In addition, Amazon may terminate the Merger Agreement if the Board changes its recommendation in favor of the Merger prior to approval of the Merger by the Company's shareholders.
The Company will be required to pay a fee of $400 million (the "Termination Fee") if, prior to the approval of the Merger by the Company's shareholders, the Merger Agreement is terminated by Amazon because the Board has changed its recommendation in favor of the Merger or by the Company to enter into an agreement for an alternative transaction. The Company will also be required to pay the Termination Fee if the Merger Agreement is terminated in certain other circumstances and the Company enters into a definitive agreement with respect to, or consummates, an alternative transaction that results in a change of control of at least 50% of the Company's assets or equity.
The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Important Statement regarding the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding terms of the Merger. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Amazon, or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement were made only for purposes of the Merger Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Merger Agreement, may be subject to limitations, qualifications or other particulars agreed upon by the contracting parties, including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Merger Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts or made for other purposes, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties, and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of representations and warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company's public disclosures.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 14, 2017, the Company entered into a change of control letter agreement with Keith Manbeck, the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in accordance with his offer letter, dated May 2, 2017, with the Company (which was previously disclosed on the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2017). The change of control letter agreement provides that, if upon or following a change of control, Mr. Manbeck's employment is terminated by the Company without cause or Mr. Manbeck resigns with good reason, he will be entitled to receive the following, subject to his execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims in favor of the Company: (1) a lump sum cash payment equal to $2 million; (2) if such termination of employment occurs prior to the date on which the Company pays annual bonuses in respect of its 2017 fiscal year, an additional lump sum cash payment of $975,000; if such termination of employment occurs on or after the date on which the Company pays annual bonuses in respect of its 2017 fiscal year but prior to the date on which the Company pays annual bonuses in respect of its 2018 fiscal year, an additional lump sum cash payment of $650,000; and if such termination of employment occurs on or after the date on which the Company pays annual bonuses in respect of the 2018 fiscal year but prior to the date on which the Company pays annual bonuses in respect of the 2019 fiscal year, an additional lump sum cash payment of $325,000; (3) to the extent any portion of the restricted stock award or option award granted to Mr. Manbeck pursuant to his offer letter remains unvested as of such termination of employment, full accelerated vesting of such awards;
and (4) to the extent any portion of the $400,000 cash compensation payable under his offer letter in respect of equity awards of a prior employer that he forfeited remains unpaid as of such termination of employment, a lump sum cash payment equal to such unpaid portion.
The foregoing description of the change of control letter agreement with Mr. Manbeck does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the change of control letter agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On June 15, 2017, the Board approved and adopted an amendment to and restatement of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as so amended and restated, the "Amended and Restated Bylaws") to add a new Article X containing an exclusive forum provision and to clarify a potential ambiguity.
The exclusive forum provision provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (1) any derivative action brought on behalf of the Company, (2) any action asserting a claim for or based on a breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director or officer or other employee or agent of the Company to the Company or the Company's shareholders, including a claim alleging the aiding and abetting of such a breach of fiduciary duty, (3) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any current or former director or officer or other employee or agent of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the Texas Business Organizations Code or the Company's articles of incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or (4) any action asserting a claim related to or involving the Company or any current or former director or officer or other employee or agent of the Company that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall, including any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of any provision of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws, in each case, be the state district court of Travis County, Texas (or, if such court lacks jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas). The amendment also clarifies that directors may be removed by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.
The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Bylaws. A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 16, 2017, the Company and Amazon issued a joint press release announcing that they have entered into the Merger Agreement. On June 16, 2017, the Company also made available a related infographic. Copies of the press release and the infographic are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.
Certain statements in this communication constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are often identified by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "see," "continue," "could," "can," "may," "will," "likely," "depend," "should," "would," "plan," "predict," "target," and similar expressions, and may include references to assumptions and relate to Whole Foods Market, Inc.'s ("Whole Foods Market") future prospects, developments and business strategies. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this communication are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that may cause
Whole Foods Market's actual results to be materially different from such forward-looking statements and could materially adversely affect its business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. These risks and uncertainties include the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement; the failure to obtain the approval of Whole Foods Market's shareholders or required regulatory clearances or the failure to satisfy any of the other closing conditions to the Merger; potential disruption of management's attention from Whole Foods Market's ongoing business operations due to the Merger; the effect of the announcement of the Merger on the ability of Whole Foods Market to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with its customers, suppliers and others with whom it does business, or on its operating results and business generally; general business conditions; changes in overall economic conditions that impact consumer spending; the impact of competition; and other factors which are often beyond the control of Whole Foods Market, as well other risks listed in Whole Foods Market's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 25, 2016 and risks and uncertainties not presently known to Whole Foods Market or that Whole Foods Market currently deems immaterial. Whole Foods Market wishes to caution you that you should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Whole Foods Market does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
Important Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transaction, Whole Foods Market will file with the SEC and mail or otherwise provide to its shareholders a proxy statement regarding the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, WHOLE FOODS MARKET'S SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE PROXY STATEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement and other documents that Whole Foods Market files with the SEC (when available) from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and Whole Foods Market's website at http://investor.wholefoodsmarket.com/. In addition, the proxy statement and other documents filed by Whole Foods Market with the SEC (when available) may be obtained from Whole Foods Market free of charge by directing a request to Cindy McCann, Global Vice President, Investor Relations, Whole Foods Market, Inc., 550 Bowie Street, Austin, TX 78703, Phone: 512-542-0204. Media inquiries can be directed to Brooke Buchanan at Brooke.Buchanan@wholefoods.com, Phone: 512-542-0751.
Certain Participants in the Solicitation
Whole Foods Market, its directors and certain of its executive officers and employees may be deemed, under SEC rules, to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Whole Foods Market shareholders with respect to shareholder approval of the proposed acquisition of Whole Foods Market. Information regarding the names of Whole Foods Market's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Whole Foods Market by security holdings or otherwise is set forth in Whole Foods Market's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 25, 2016 filed with the SEC on November 18, 2016, Whole Foods Market's definitive proxy statement for its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on January 4, 2017 and Whole Foods Market's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 10, 2017. To the extent holdings of such participants in Whole Foods Market's securities are not reported, or have changed since the amounts described in the proxy statement for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, such changes have been reflected on Initial Statements of Beneficial Ownership on Form 3 or Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of such individuals in the proposed transaction will be included in the proxy statement relating to such acquisition when it is filed with the SEC. These documents may be obtained free of charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and Whole Foods Market's website at http://investor.wholefoodsmarket.com.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 15, 2017, by and among Amazon.com, Inc., Walnut Merger Sub, Inc. and Whole Foods Market, Inc.†
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Change of Control Letter Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2017, by and between Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Keith Manbeck.
Press Release, dated June 16, 2017.
Infographic.
Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted schedules upon request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, however, that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedules so furnished.
/s/ HEATHER STERN
Name: Heather Stern
Title: General Counsel, Global Vice President of Legal Affairs
EXHIBIT INDEX
Change of Control Letter Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2017 by and between Whole Foods Market, Inc. and Keith Manbeck.


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Apollo Hospitals, Chennai is the first multi-specialty corporate hospital developed in Chennai. It is the first hospital in India, not only in Chennai, to receive ISO 9002 and ISO 140001 certifications. Apollo Hospitals, Chennai also takes pride in being recognized as 'Centre of Excellence' by The Government of India. This is the first hospital in India to carry out multi-organ transplant, liver transplant, cord blood transplant, Total Knee Replacement and illizarov procedure. The hospital is equipped with advanced technology and the latest techniques in different specialities like stereotactic, angioplasty, radiotherapy and radiosurgery. The hospital also received JCI accreditations in the year 2006.
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Cicero on his Academic Predecessors: the Fallibilism of Arcesilaus and Carneades
Harald Thorsrud
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Instantaneous Change and the Physics of Sanctification: "Quasi-Aristotelianism" in Henry of Ghent's Quodlibet XV q. 13
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The drama of this distinguished lawyer chastising one of the most powerful men in the United States and silencing his cruelty was one of the defining moments of my life. It spurred a lifelong interest in the Constitution, the Law and the rights of the American People. Today, among other ills, I believe that our American Criminal Justice System is broken. Let me explain why I believe that.
Rather than focus on that case, to which those two blogs and subsequent comments provide excellent insight, I would rather look at certain aspects of our legal system today that serve to destroy the notion of a Criminal Justice System that operates fairly towards each citizen and make that system into an instrument of oppression. There is in my opinion so many things wrong about American Criminal Jurisprudence that covering the entire range of "injustice" would require much larger space than this blog post provides. So I would like to touch on what I think are the highlights corrupting this system.
The truth is that a person charged with a crime in America today needs the means, or connections to have a good legal team. Wealth is a key decider of ones' chances in a Criminal Trial and in the case of loss the harshness of the imposed penalty. The prosecution has the advantage of virtually unlimited funds and powers to make the legal battle, a "David and Goliath" situation, without David's advantage of God on his side. Another component of this is that Prosecutors tend to press cases that they think they can win and also avoid to press charges in cases involving very wealthy and/or powerful people. Prosecutors have the advantage of Media publicity and a public that believes "where there's smoke there's fire".
Indigent defendants are at a loss and despite the best efforts of the dedicated people who are Legal Aid Lawyers, the disparity in resources usually lead to defeat, despite exculpatory evidence. We also know that Black and Latino people make up the majority of those convicted and incarcerated in this country as I documented in this guest blog last year: http://jonathanturley.org/2011/11/26/the-incarceration-of-black-men-in-america/ . This unfairness goes beyond just affecting people who would be considered poor. The average middle-class American would be overwhelmed with the cost of mounting a defense to a criminal prosecution. I think that raising bail money alone for charges considered major would be a problem for a majority of Americans and even when found innocent the effects of the charges would take years, if ever, to end. An even-handed Criminal Justice System should give each defendant a fair chance to fight the charges against them. While we have been led to believe that our Criminal Justice System represents the model of even-handed justice, yet this is not the case today in our country.
To be considered to be a "fair" trial, a trial should a speedy trial. This is not the case and we see instance after instance of a trial taking many years between arrest, incarceration and verdict. While some might argue that this is caused by lawyers seeking delays, this answer is for the most part specious. Instead, these untoward delays are the result of under funding the court system which results in over crowding its dockets. From the Prosecution's side, they will often delay trials to gain further evidence for their case. This ignores the idea that in arresting someone, there should be a presupposition that the evidence of guilt has already been obtained. The prosecution extends the length of the accused's incarceration by making often outrageous bail requests (on "bail able" offenses) that go far beyond a defendant's ability to pay. This skews the system against those without financial resources and also increases the Prosecution's chances of getting a plea bargain leading to an admission of guilt and conviction.
"Because any person who is accused of violating the criminal law can lose his liberty, and perhaps even his life depending on the offense and prescribed penalty, the Framers of the Constitution took pains to put explicit limits on the awesome powers of government. The Bill of Rights explicitly guarantees several safeguards to the accused, including the right to be informed of the charges, the right not to be compelled to incriminate oneself, the right to a speedy and public trial, the right to an impartial jury trial in the state and district where the offense allegedly took place, the right to cross-examine the state's witnesses, the right to call witnesses on one's own behalf, and the right to the assistance of counsel.
The appointment of Judges in this nation has always been one deeply intertwined with politics and with wealth. Thus often the most important cog in our political system, the person who is to ensure that each case is fairly adjudicated, are many times lacking in the skills and insight to do the job fairly. In those venues where Judges run for their offices, the most important factor is party endorsement. With the need for party endorsement comes the obligation to adhere to "unspoken rules". In areas where judges are appointed, their appointment is usually beholden to the "powers that be" whether they represent political party, or local wealth. We know factually that there have been powerful efforts by the backers of ultra Conservative movements to have judges put into position that represent their political interests. I don't believe it is a coincidence that our Constitutional protections have deteriorated severely in the last 50 or so years. While no one can really escape partisan feelings, we should be able to expect that a judge can rise above their own personal beliefs to administer the Law fairly. An expectation it seems to me has fallen far short of its mark in recent years and contributes to the breakdown of our Criminal Justice System.
In a system truly interested in justice the position of Prosecutor would be one of impartiality, with their actions based on the evidence and on the Law. Sadly, for most of American history this has not been the case. Many who become prosecutors do so because they understand that they could use their "record" in that office to advance their careers. Their conviction rate and their prosecuting noteworthy trials elevate their public fame. Many of today's most prominent politicians began their legal careers as prosecutors and used their office to advance themselves. Rudy Giuliani parlayed his headline grabbing antics as a Federal Prosecutor into great wealth and a political career that made him a Presidential candidate. Yet most of the "convictions" that brought him fame and media attention were overturned at the appellate level. His grandstanding, such as the arrest of a young stockbroker accompanied by TV cameras ultimately resulted in the man's acquittal, yet the impression of Giuliani as a "fighter for justice" remained in the people's minds.
The other problem with the prosecutorial system is that people seeking to advance their public careers, either in politics, or in pursuit of wealth, are reluctant to target people with wealth and power. To build a career one must not make enemies of those people who you might need to call upon for aid and support in the future. I find it interesting that Bernie Madoff, who in essence stole from the rich and powerful is in prison for life, while the CEO's of large financial institutions are not held liable for the frauds their company has admitted to and the result is that their firms are being fined trifling amounts in restitution for their admitted criminal activity.
Despite what some here may believe to the contrary, I have a great deal of respect and empathy towards Law Enforcement Officers. Having worked in a large Municipal Bureaucracy for many years I can truly empathize with people who work for law enforcement bureaucracies, I believe that most people who go into law enforcement start out filled with idealism and the belief that the pursuit of justice is a noble cause. Far too many of those who made that idealistic choice have found themselves corrupted by both their fellow officers and by a politically influenced bureaucracy that robs them of their idealism. The training in many law enforcement agencies reinforces an "us vs. them" mentality, rather than putting emphasis on an officer's duty to uphold our Constitution and our laws. There is also an undue influence of politics upon Law Enforcement Officer's that comes down from the higher levels of the bureaucracy they represent. There is lately the increased militarization of LEO's which leads to the notion that any orders from a "superior" are to be flowed to the letter.
There is a further factor, however, that I think leads to corruption of LEO's. Historically in the United States Law enforcement meant the protection of the propertied class, or of White citizens against the "encroachments" of people of color and or ethnic immigrants. In the south this meant enforcement of "Jim Crow", but is was not simply a Southern problem. Many city police departments had recruiting drives in Southern States to find officers who had gained experience enforcing "Jim Crow". The Los Angeles PD and the Detroit PD were famous for this. In NYC the Irish immigrants went from a people disdained, to the position of prominence in a police force "controlling" the Blacks emigrating from the South, the next generation of ethnic immigrants and the Puerto Rican influx. The message disintegrating the ideals of many new police officers was merely the cynicism that arose as they saw what their "real duties" should be. Many, many refused to take part in this cynical view of enforcing the law and kept trying to fairly perform their duties, for some like Frank Serpico this almost led to his death as he was shot by a fellow officer to coverup a police run drug trafficking operation.
A third factor is that those officers who rise to the ranks of Detective and are thus the ones charged with investigating crime, are promoted into a dysfunctional system where expediency takes precedence over justice. Too often they are overloaded with "caseloads" that demand quick turnover, or they'll see their career advancement possibilities diminished. The detective soon learns that their superiors are more interested in "clearing" cases, rather than pursuing justice. This leads even the best of detectives to have a narrow focus on who they suspect and pursue that doggedly even though other evidence might present itself.
While most people with some knowledge of our Criminal Justice System understand its purposes and its flaws, the general public is for the most part ignorant of the issues. While I've heard some elitists blame this on the level of intelligence of the general public, I don't agree that most people lack the intelligence to understand what is at stake in our Criminal Justice System. I believe that much of the problem of the public's lack of knowledge is twofold.
The first is that our public schools no longer spend the years of school teaching the nature of our Constitution and how our government works. My own education through high School was in public schools until graduation in the early 60's. By the time I graduated I had a pretty complex understanding of our Constitution, of our governmental structures and of our legal system. I know though from the education of my daughters (they went to excellent public schools) that what had been so much a part of my own Civics (Social Studies) curriculum had been simplified to the point of becoming incomprehensible. The more detailed views of our Constitution and our legal system have been left to the collegiate level and unfortunately by then pre-judgments and lack of understanding a citizen's constitutional protections have already become relatively entrenched and misconstrued.
The second basis of public ignorance of the criminal justice system comes from propaganda that sometimes is purposeful and sometimes is inadvertent. Almost 50% of our television shows are police procedurals, of various forms, which show crimes being solved and justice being handed out in the convenience of one hour, less commercial time. The portrayal is overly simplistic and creates a "good guy police/bad guy criminal" counterpoint. The overt propaganda we see on TV can be seen in the news conferences and press releases of police and prosecutors. Despite what jurors might swear to the judge, the majority of them are aware of the negative publicity regarding the defendant and have had "evidence" leaked to them via TV. By the time a defendant comes to trial in a well-publicized case many possible jurors have already made up their minds and their mindset is rigid. With these factors interacting with the views of the public, is there any cause to wonder that so much has been done to destroy our Constitutional safeguards, without widespread public protest?
These are my views of our Criminal Justice System today and to me it is "broken". As I began this post detailing how the "McCarthy Years" shaped my outlook on criminal justice, it was done as an admission that my views today may be colored by my epiphanies back then, Since most readers of this blog are my juniors in years, without that direct experience/ remembrance of the "Cold War" excesses, perhaps you see it differently. Please express you own opinions and whether or not you see this with the same urgent mindset that I have? Also what do you think I have missed in addressing this problem?
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Thank you for this insightful article. I believe that the biggest issue with our justice system is the public's perception of its realities. Innocent until proven guilty? No, that's not the reality. The reality is, in fact, the opposite, and the burden of proof falls to the defendant, especially if the defendant is poor. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when someone is arrested for a crime – well, thank goodness THAT'S solved, and they got them off the streets. The truth is, few cases are clear-cut, caught-red-handed cases. People are incredulous that someone is incarcerated for 20 years for crimes they did not commit, but that's not a few isolated incidents. False confessions, plea bargains…people don't confess or plea when they're innocent, right? Wrong. Face five charges that could amount to 50 years in prison (or life), or plea down to one or two charges, and possibly get out someday. Juries are comprised of humans, who are emotional, biased and frightened. Juries convict people all the time on circumstantial evidence. The truth is, the higher the crime conviction rate of a judge or other political figure, the more the public should be frightened of them. The other half of the equation is missing–they should be just as concerned about the public figure's track record of proving innocence.
Thank you for your cogent comment, which I agree with in its entirety.
This is an important essay, and I wish it had had the benefit of an editor. As it is, it is so poorly written that I was repeatedly distracted and finally gave up on reading the rest.
Thanks again. There is so much material illustrating the breakdown of America's criminal justice system that the wonder is that people don't universally accept it as proven. Although we must rely on whatever remainder of equitable treatment still exists, the reality of equity has departed so far from the theory that it calls everything about the system into question.
"Ms. White could face questions from Wall Street critics in Congress over her defense of Kenneth Lewis, Bank of America Corp.'s BAC +1.17% former chief executive, in a civil-fraud case.
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/secs_new_wall_street_enabler/ Oh well, David Sirota says White is an enabler of Wall st.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Sorry, Sallie.
After weeks of vetting, courting and grappling, it appears that President Obama finally found his top cop for Wall Street. And no, it wasn't someone who can easily be identified with the industry — unless you consider organized crime and terrorism branches of modern finance.
There will be no Sallie Krawcheck, the former brokerage chief at Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. . It won't be Mary Miller, the official in a Treasury Department considered cozy with bank interests. It wont be the internal candidate, enforcement chief Robert Khuzami — who has surprised Securities and Exchange Commission critics by tackling the chronic insider-trading problem. Read full story on Mary Jo White's nomination.
President Obama, perhaps trying to assuage critics who argue he's been to lenient on the Street, will nominate Mary Jo White, a former prosecutor. You think Steve Cohen is intimidating? White took on mob boss John Gotti and al Qaeda.
White's reputation and career is a stark contrast to predecessor Mary Schapiro, a career bureaucrat who was viewed generously as a pragmatist. The critical view was that she may have been decent manager, but as a leader was ineffective and too easily pushed around — as her losing fight to regulate money market funds this summer revealed.
White won't be and shouldn't be taken lightly. A 2002 interview with PBS revealed White to have an excellent relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And she spoke in terms of getting bad guys, not working with them: "We know who to look for, how they operated, where they operated," she said of the terrorists. Read transcript of White's interview on terrorism.
In some ways, her task taking on the bad guys of finance will be tougher. Unlike gangsters and terrorists, insider traders and fraudsters will argue that they're doing things the American way — through their high-priced attorneys. Big institutions will lobby against her dictums the way Fidelity Investments did this summer.
But you can bet the public and investors will be better served by White than Krawcheck.
ap, That public defender situation is terrible. You cannot imagine what it is like in Texas. I once worked for a state legislator that was a public defender. He had a great sense of social justice.
I'd always wanted to be a lawyer, but unlike Travis Williams — the subject of this Op-Doc video — I never wanted to be a public defender. I didn't understand how anyone could represent people who did terrible things. "Criminals" were not people I wanted to help.
Then, in 2009, while working in the legal department at A&E Television, I met Jonathan Rapping, the founder of what's now Gideon's Promise. He invited me to his client-centered legal training program in Alabama. At the start of training, Mr. Rapping asked each lawyer to articulate why he or she chose to become a public defender. One young man said he had a brother with Down syndrome, so he wanted to help people who could not navigate the legal system for themselves. Another said he had been arrested as a teenager, so he wanted to help kids like him who didn't know their rights. Their stories moved me. I learned more about the true state of the criminal justice system during that week than I knew from all my years practicing law. I wanted other people to learn about what they were doing and so I decided to make this film.
I was horrified by what I learned about the criminal justice system. Innocent people, in prison for months or years, sometimes plead guilty to get out of jail; onerous sentences are too often given for minor crimes; people can lose civil rights, like the right to vote, as a result of criminal convictions. In America, a felony conviction can be a lifelong sentence because of this multitude of collateral consequences.
I also saw what a difference it made to have lawyers like Travis fighting hard for poor people's rights. I saw him tell clients and their families that they were facing long sentences, outrageous bail terms or prison. But I saw him deliver even the worst news with compassion, and I saw him fight for every client. He's inspired me to judge less and listen more, to try to put myself in the position of people who face a terribly structured system that often provides justice to neither the victim nor the accused. Thanks to Travis and the other young lawyers I met on this journey, I can proudly say I'm a "true believer" in their cause.
This video is part of a series produced by independent filmmakers who have received major support from the Ford Foundation and additional support from the nonprofit Sundance Institute.
Dawn Porter directed and produced "Gideon's Army" a feature documentary that is premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and will be broadcast later this year on HBO. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Georgetown University Law Center.


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If only everything in life could be perfect . . . but it isn't. There are two potential problems for some users looking to purchase Printopia: It doesn't work in Windows, and it shares printers with users on the same wireless network. Collobos Software offers a product called Fingerprint that's close in functionality to Printopia and works on both Windows and Mac platforms.
Remember that just as with Printopia, the software is installed on your computer, not your iPad. It will then share your physical and virtual printers so that they can be accessed from the Print function on any iOS device.
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iPrint will print a variety of files, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, and PDF documents. Print stored files or e-mail attachments.
iPrint allows you to connect to cloud services such as Google Docs, Dropbox, Box, and Evernote, and print files you have in your account.
If you have an Epson multifunction printer, you can connect to the scan function and preview any document you've placed in the printer. Set the scan resolution, crop, and then scan the document. Save the scan to your iPad; then e-mail or print it. The entire interface is controlled wonderfully from your iPad without the need to use your laptop or desktop.
Configure your print options, including paper size and type, number of copies, and one- or two-sided printing.
Check your printer's status and ink levels.
iPrint does an annoying flaw: Everything has to be managed and printed from within the iPrint app itself. It isn't a very convenient interface because you usually want to print something from within the app you're using as you're creating and editing it. Instead, you have to save your file somewhere that iPrint can get it and download it into the iPrint app, and only then can you print.
Hewlett-Packard also offers its own app, called HP ePrint, that's available through the App Store. ePrint will print to your HP printer over a Wi-Fi network or over the Internet.


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