Justice is a decision | Ronald Sullivan | TEDxMidAtlantic
Harvard Law School Professor Ronald Sullivan has fought to get more incarcerated people out of prison - over 6,000 - than arguably anyone in American history. He is a global leader in combatting wrongful convictions and in advocating for criminal justice reform, having testified before Congress multiple times in this capacity and appearing regularly as a legal analyst on various major news networks. He was also tapped to represent the Family of Michael Brown in their wrongful death suit against the City of Ferguson and Darren Wilson - a case stemming from facts which have spawned a global movement and defined a generation.
Professor Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics, and race theory. He is the faculty director of the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute and the Harvard Trial Advocacy Workshop. Professor Sullivan also serves as Master of Winthrop House at Harvard College. He is the first African American ever appointed Master in Harvard’s history. He is a founding member and Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project.
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We need more lawyers like Ronald Sullivan.
Excellent advocate. Shows the need for well-trained and well-funded public defenders.
Ronald Sullivan is amazing. We need more people like him in this world. It just takes one to dish out some justice!
The phrase "Justice is a decision" hits a chord with me, precisely because I despise the phrase "life isn't fair" because it is often used as a cop-out or as an excuse for people being unfair. And this is the key. It's not life that's unfair, it's people that are unfair.
I agree 100%. That phrase is used by people who do things to others simply because they can.
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Amazing person, professor, and advocate
I cannot imagine how justice treat their citizens later on when they already realize they had a wrong decision and put one innocent person in prison for a decade. Money or other compensations cannot compensate enough for a part of their life in jail.
Used to struggle on how I could remain "good" and be a trial lawyer been looking for answers but this man has given them to me. I was considering employment law cause it's another field that I've always been interested in (although not as much as the law) and also solid pay but yeah.
Simply amazed at this presentation. Thank you Professor Sullivan. I'm sharing this with my students.
I think the best part about Ted talks is that the use of vocabulary isn't sophisticated and they speak at a moderate speed making the talk understandable and captivating. It literally helps me to write a good personal statement.
Excellent Attorney! I had the honor and privilege to work with him at DC Superior Court. The Best! DC has the Best Public Defenders Association.
This has to be my favorite Ted Talk. I want to be a litigator attorney. With that poem and how much lives he has saved is incredible. Even one is so much.
Brilliant man and exemplary humanitarian. How lucky the for ppl in the legal system to have him.
I love this! I look forward to sharing this with my Students. :)
Outstanding...
This moved me deeper than could be expressed. My boyfriend is currently sitting unjustly. I played a role in thay injustice but search for strength every day to help him fight the FAITH to come through this. He has very poor representation through the public defenders office and doesn't have the money for a real attorney. He is battered and but he is not broken. I glue his self worth back together many days. This helped me to see that I need only be brave enough for one more minute. I have hit long periods where I allowed fear of self-implication to paralyze me from doing what is right. Fear of seeing him sentenced to a cage for years for something he did not do is what motivates me to see him find TRUE justice, even though it likely means losing him. This has taught me selflessness. This has taught me humility. This has brought me to God. I will see him Free! Sometimes growth means saying "I was wrong."
what was your role in the injustice
Brilliant talk with wisdom
A great talk!
Beautiful presentation.
All well said: )))
People make Justice happen. - Ronald Sullivan. Ronald designed a conviction review unit with the crown prosecutors office of New York. Justice is a decision. - Ronald Sullivan.
Am i all about justice? (Just in case you would want to know my own point of view of its importance) For me, no one's really perfect. But there are people who right their wrong doings and so forth. I will never expect everyone to be perfect
lila 123456789 I too don't expect perfection, but I would like to see more fairness; and less arrests, convictions, and sentencing based on skin color and socioeconomic conditions.
what if the person IS guilty? whats the justification for helping them get off / lower punishment?
Please lets make it a law to have court watchers time of trial... Justice Watch 👀
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