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Ronald Sullivan: How I help free innocent people from prison
Ronald Salivan (Ronald Sullivan): Kako pomažem da se nedužni ljudi oslobode iz zatvora
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Profesor Pravnog fakulteta na Harvardu Ronald Salivan bori se da oslobodi nepravedno osuđene ljude iz zatvora - zapravo, oslobodio je nekih 6 000 nevinih ljudi tokom svoje karijere. On deli potresne priče o tome kako i zašto ljudi završe u zatvoru zbog nečeg što nisu radili, i o posledicama toga u njihovom životu i životu drugih ljudi. Pogledajte ovaj značajan govor o dužnosti koju svi imamo, da učinimo svet malčice pravednijim svakoga dana, koliko god da smo u mogućnosti.
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. - Clinical professor of law
Ronald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory. Full bio
Ronald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory. Full bio
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00:12
So, imagine that you take
a 19-hour, very long drive
a 19-hour, very long drive
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Zamislite da krenete
na vrlo dugu vožnju od 19 sati
na vrlo dugu vožnju od 19 sati
do Diznijevog sveta
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to Disney World,
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with two kids in the back seat.
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sa dvoje dece na zadnjem sedištu.
Petnaest minuta od početka
ovog putovanja od 19 sati,
ovog putovanja od 19 sati,
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And 15 minutes into this 19-hour trip,
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nepromenljivi zakoni prirode nalažu
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the immutable laws of nature dictate
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da ćete dobiti pitanje:
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that you get the question:
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„Jesmo li stigli?“
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"Are we there yet?"
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(Smeh)
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(Laughter)
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00:38
So you answer this question
a hundred more times, easily,
a hundred more times, easily,
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Vi odgovorite negativno na to pitanje
još stotinu puta, nesumnjivo,
još stotinu puta, nesumnjivo,
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in the negative,
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ali konačno stignete.
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but you finally arrive.
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Provedete se predivno na putovanju.
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You have a wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful trip.
wonderful, wonderful trip.
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Vozite se 19 dugih sati
u povratku do kuće.
u povratku do kuće.
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You drive 19 long hours back home.
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A kada stignete tamo,
00:53
And when you get there,
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čeka vas policija.
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the police are waiting on you.
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Optužuju vas da ste počinili zločin
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They accuse you of committing a crime
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koji se dogodio
dok ste bili na putu u Floridi.
dok ste bili na putu u Floridi.
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that occurred while you
were away in Florida.
were away in Florida.
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01:03
You tell anybody and everybody
who will listen,
who will listen,
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Govorite svakome ko želi da sasluša:
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"I didn't do it!
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„Nisam to uradio!
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I couldn't have done it!
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Nisam mogao to da uradim!
01:10
I was hanging out with Mickey
and Minnie and my kids!"
and Minnie and my kids!"
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Družio sam se sa Mikijem,
Mini i sa svojom decom!“
Mini i sa svojom decom!“
Ali vam niko ne veruje.
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But no one believes you.
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Na kraju vas uhapse,
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Ultimately, you're arrested,
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you're tried,
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izvedu vas pred sud,
osuđeni ste
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you're convicted
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i izrečena vam je kazna.
01:22
and you are sentenced.
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Provedete 25 godina u zatvoru,
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And you spend 25 years in jail,
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sve dok se ne pojavi neko i dokaže -
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until someone comes along and proves --
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ima dokaze kojima pokazuje -
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has the evidence to prove --
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da ste zaista bili u Floridi
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that you actually were in Florida
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kada je ovaj zločin počinjen.
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when this crime was committed.
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01:41
So.
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Ja sam profesor
Pravnog fakulteta na Harvardu
Pravnog fakulteta na Harvardu
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So, I'm a Harvard Law professor,
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01:45
and the last several years,
I have worked on
I have worked on
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i poslednjih nekoliko godina sam radio
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winning the release of innocent people
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na dobijanju oslobođenja za nevine ljude
koji su nepravedno osuđeni -
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who've been wrongfully convicted --
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za ljude kao što je Džonatan Fleming,
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people like Jonathan Fleming,
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koji je proveo 24 godine
i osam meseci u zatvoru
i osam meseci u zatvoru
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who spent 24 years, eight months in jail
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za ubistvo koje je počinjeno
u Bruklinu u Njujorku
u Bruklinu u Njujorku
02:02
for a murder that was committed
in Brooklyn, New York,
in Brooklyn, New York,
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dok je on bio u Diznijevom svetu
02:05
while he was in Disney World
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sa svojom decom.
02:09
with his kids.
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Kako ovo znamo?
02:11
How do we know this?
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Zato što se, kada je uhapšen,
02:12
Because when he was arrested,
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02:15
among his property in his back pocket
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među stvarima koje je posedovao
u svom zadnjem džepu
u svom zadnjem džepu
nalazio račun -
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was a receipt --
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račun sa oznakom o vremenu
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time-stamped receipt
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koji je pokazivao
da je bio u Diznijevom svetu.
da je bio u Diznijevom svetu.
02:22
that showed that he was in Disney World.
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Taj račun je stavljen u policijski dosije,
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That receipt was put in the police file,
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njegova kopija je uneta u spise tužioca,
02:29
a copy of it was put
in the prosecutor's file,
in the prosecutor's file,
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i nikada ga nisu dali
njegovom javnom braniocu.
njegovom javnom braniocu.
02:32
and they never gave it
to his public defender.
to his public defender.
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Zapravo, niko nije ni znao da je tamo.
02:35
In fact, nobody even knew it was there.
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Samo je stajao tamo
nekih dvadesetak godina.
nekih dvadesetak godina.
02:37
It just sat there for 20-some-odd years.
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Moj tim je pregledao dosije
i našli smo ga,
i našli smo ga,
02:40
My team looked through the file,
and we found it,
and we found it,
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sproveli ostatak istrage,
02:45
did the rest of the investigation,
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i shvatili da je neko drugi
počinio zločin.
počinio zločin.
02:47
and figured out someone else
committed the crime.
committed the crime.
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Gospodin Fleming je bio u Diznijevom svetu
02:49
Mr. Fleming was in Disney World,
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i sada je oslobođen.
02:52
and he is now released.
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02:55
Let me give you a little bit of context.
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Da vam iznesem malo konteksta.
Pre oko tri godine sam dobio poziv
od okružnog javnog tužioca u Bruklinu.
od okružnog javnog tužioca u Bruklinu.
02:57
So about three years ago, I got a call
from the Brooklyn District Attorney.
from the Brooklyn District Attorney.
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Pitao me je da li bih bio zainteresovan
za osmišljavanje programa
za osmišljavanje programa
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He asked whether I'd be interested
in designing a program
in designing a program
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pod nazivom „jedinica
za razmatranje osuda“.
za razmatranje osuda“.
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called a "conviction review unit."
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So I said yes.
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Prihvatio sam.
03:09
A conviction review unit is essentially
a unit in a prosecutor's office
a unit in a prosecutor's office
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Jedinica za razmatranje osuda
je u suštini jedinica u tužilaštvu
je u suštini jedinica u tužilaštvu
u kojoj tužioci pregledaju stare slučajeve
03:14
where prosecutors look at their past cases
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da bi ustanovili
da li su napravili greške.
da li su napravili greške.
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to determine whether or not
they made mistakes.
they made mistakes.
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Tokom prvih godinu dana,
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Over the course of the first year,
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otkrili smo oko 13 pogrešnih osuda,
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we found about 13 wrongful convictions,
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ljude koji su decenijama bili u zatvoru,
03:25
people having been in jail for decades,
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03:28
and we released all of them.
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i sve smo ih oslobodili.
03:29
It was the most in New York history.
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To je bio najveći broj
u istoriji Njujorka.
u istoriji Njujorka.
03:32
The program is still going on,
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Taj program se i dalje odvija
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and they're up to 21 releases now --
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i sada su stigli do 21 oslobađanja -
21 čoveka koji je proveo
značajnu količinu vremena iza rešetaka.
značajnu količinu vremena iza rešetaka.
03:37
21 people who spent
significant time behind bars.
significant time behind bars.
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Dozvolite da vam ispričam
o par drugih muškaraca i žena
o par drugih muškaraca i žena
03:42
So let me tell you about a couple other
of the men and women
of the men and women
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sa kojima sam bio u kontaktu
za vreme ovog programa.
za vreme ovog programa.
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that I interacted with
in the course of this program.
in the course of this program.
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Jedno od imena je Rodžer Logan.
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One name is Roger Logan.
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Gospodin Logan je proveo
17 godina u zatvoru
17 godina u zatvoru
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Mr. Logan had been in jail 17 years
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i napisao mi je pismo.
03:57
and wrote me a letter.
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Bilo je to jednostavno pismo;
u suštini je govorilo:
u suštini je govorilo:
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It was a simple letter; it basically said,
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04:00
"Professor Sullivan, I'm innocent.
I've been framed.
I've been framed.
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„Profesore Salivane, nevin sam.
Namešteno mi je.
Namešteno mi je.
Možete li da pogledate moj predmet?“
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Can you look at my case?"
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04:06
At first blush, the case seemed
like it was open and shut,
like it was open and shut,
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Na prvi pogled, izgledalo je
da je slučaj čist kao suza,
da je slučaj čist kao suza,
ali moje istraživanje je pokazalo
04:09
but my research had shown
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04:12
that single-witness identification cases
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da su slučajevi identifikacije
sa jednim svedokom
sa jednim svedokom
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are prone to error.
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podložni greškama.
To ne znači da je nevin,
04:17
It doesn't mean he was innocent,
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već samo znači da treba
da malo bolje pogledamo te slučajeve.
da malo bolje pogledamo te slučajeve.
04:19
it just means we ought to look
a little bit closer at those cases.
a little bit closer at those cases.
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04:22
So we did.
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To smo i uradili.
04:23
And the facts were relatively simple.
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Podaci su bili relativno jednostavni.
04:25
The eyewitness said she heard a shot,
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Svedokinja je rekla da je čula pucanj,
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and she ran to the next building
and turned around and looked,
and turned around and looked,
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da je otrčala do susedne zgrade,
okrenula se i pogledala,
okrenula se i pogledala,
04:32
and there was Mr. Logan.
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a tamo je bio gospodin Logan.
04:34
And he was tried and convicted
and in jail for 17-some-odd years.
and in jail for 17-some-odd years.
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Njemu se sudilo, osuđen je
i proveo je u zatvoru 17 i nešto godina.
i proveo je u zatvoru 17 i nešto godina.
To je bio slučaj sa samo jednim svedokom,
pa smo ga pregledali.
pa smo ga pregledali.
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But it was a single-witness case,
so we took a look at it.
so we took a look at it.
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Poslao sam neke ljude na mesto zločina
i postojala je nedoslednost.
i postojala je nedoslednost.
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I sent some people to the scene,
and there was an inconsistency.
and there was an inconsistency.
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04:44
And to put it politely:
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Da to kažem odmereno:
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Usain Bolt couldn't have run
from where she said she was
from where she said she was
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Jusein Bolt nije mogao da pretrči
sa onog mesta na kome je rekla da je bila
sa onog mesta na kome je rekla da je bila
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to the other spot.
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na drugo mesto.
04:54
Right?
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04:55
So we knew that wasn't true.
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Tako smo znali da to nije istina.
04:58
So it still didn't mean
that he didn't do it,
that he didn't do it,
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To još uvek nije značilo
da nije to počinio,
da nije to počinio,
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but we knew something was maybe fishy
about this witness.
about this witness.
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ali smo znali da je nešto možda sumnjivo
u vezi sa ovim svedokom.
u vezi sa ovim svedokom.
Zato smo prošli kroz predmet
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So we looked through the file,
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i na jednom papiru u predmetu
se nalazio broj.
se nalazio broj.
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a piece of paper in the file
had a number on it.
had a number on it.
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Broj je ukazivao
da je ovaj svedok imao dosije.
da je ovaj svedok imao dosije.
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The number indicated
that this witness had a record.
that this witness had a record.
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05:13
We went back through 20 years
of non-digitized papers
of non-digitized papers
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Prošli smo unazad kroz 20 godina
nedigitalizovanih dokumenata
nedigitalizovanih dokumenata
da bismo otkrili
o čemu se radi u tom dosijeu,
o čemu se radi u tom dosijeu,
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to figure out what this record was about,
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i ispostavilo se
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and it turned out -- it turned out --
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da je svedokinja bila u zatvoru
05:21
the eyewitness was in jail
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kada je rekla da je videla
ono što je videla.
ono što je videla.
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when she said she saw what she saw.
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Čovek je proveo 17 godina iza rešetaka.
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The man spent 17 years behind bars.
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05:33
The last one is a case about two boys,
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Poslednji je slučaj dva dečaka,
05:38
Willie Stuckey, David McCallum.
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Vilija Stakija i Dejvida Makaluma.
05:41
They were arrested at 15,
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Uhapšeni su sa 15 godina,
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and their conviction was vacated
29 years later.
29 years later.
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a njihova presuda je poništena
29 godina kasnije.
29 godina kasnije.
05:48
Now this was a case,
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To je bio slučaj u kome je,
05:50
once again -- first blush,
it looked open and shut.
it looked open and shut.
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još jednom, na prvi pogled
sve delovalo jasno kao dan.
sve delovalo jasno kao dan.
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They had confessed.
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Priznali su.
Ali, moje istraživanje je pokazalo
da su priznanja maloletnika
da su priznanja maloletnika
05:55
But my research showed
that juvenile confessions
that juvenile confessions
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bez prisustva roditelja
05:58
without a parent present
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06:00
are prone to error.
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podložna greškama.
Slučajevi sa analizom DNK
su to dokazali više puta.
su to dokazali više puta.
06:01
The DNA cases proved this several times.
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06:03
So we took a close look.
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Zato smo pogledali izbliza.
06:05
We looked at the confession,
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Sagledali smo priznanja
06:07
and it turned out,
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i ispostavilo se
06:08
there was something in the confession
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da je bilo nečeg u priznanju
06:10
that those boys could not have known.
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što ti dečaci nisu mogli znati.
06:12
The only people who knew it
were police and prosecutors.
were police and prosecutors.
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Jedini koji su to znali
bili su policija i tužioci.
bili su policija i tužioci.
Znali smo šta se zaista dogodilo;
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We knew what really happened;
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06:17
someone told them to say this.
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neko im je rekao da to kažu.
06:19
We don't exactly know who,
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Ne znamo tačno ko,
06:21
which person did,
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koja osoba je u pitanju,
06:22
but any rate, the confession was coerced,
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ali, u svakom slučaju,
priznanje je bilo pod prinudom,
priznanje je bilo pod prinudom,
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we determined.
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kako smo ustanovili.
Onda smo obavili
forenzičku analizu unazad,
forenzičku analizu unazad,
06:27
We then went back and did forensics
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06:29
and did a fulsome investigation
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sproveli temeljnu istragu
i otkrili da su druge dve osobe,
06:30
and found that two other,
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06:32
much older, different heights,
different hairstyle,
different hairstyle,
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mnogo starije, sa različitim visinama
i drugačijim frizurama,
i drugačijim frizurama,
06:35
two other people committed the crime,
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počinile zločin,
a ne ova dva dečaka.
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not these two boys.
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06:39
I actually went to court that day,
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Zapravo sam otišao u sud tog dana
06:41
for what's called a "vacatur hearing,"
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na ono što se naziva
„saslušanje radi poništavanja“,
„saslušanje radi poništavanja“,
06:44
where the conviction is thrown out.
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gde se presuda odbacuje.
06:47
I went to court; I wanted to see
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Išao sam u sud; hteo sam da vidim
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Mr. McCallum walk out of there.
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kako gospodin Makalum odlazi odatle.
Dakle, otišao sam u sud
06:51
So I went to court,
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i sudija je rekao nešto
što sudije stalno govore,
što sudije stalno govore,
06:53
and the judge said something
that judges say all the time,
that judges say all the time,
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ali ovoga puta je zaista imalo značaja.
06:55
but this took on a really special meaning.
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06:58
He looked up after the arguments and said,
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Podigao je pogled
nakon iznetih argumenata i rekao:
nakon iznetih argumenata i rekao:
07:01
"Mr. McCallum,"
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„Gospodine Makalum“,
07:03
he said five beautiful words:
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rekao je četiri lepe reči:
07:05
"You are free to go."
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„Slobodni ste da idete.“
Da li možete da zamislite?
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Can you imagine?
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Nakon gotovo 30 godina:
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After just about 30 years:
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„Slobodni ste da idete.“
07:15
"You are free to go."
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07:18
And he walked out of that courtroom.
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I napustio je tu sudnicu.
07:21
Unfortunately,
his codefendant, Mr. Stuckey,
his codefendant, Mr. Stuckey,
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Nažalost, njegov saoptuženi,
gospodin Staki,
gospodin Staki,
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didn't get the benefit of that.
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nije imao koristi od toga.
07:27
You see, Mr. Stuckey died in prison
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Vidite, gospodin Staki je umro u zatvoru
07:30
at 34 years old,
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u 34. godini,
07:32
and his mother sat
at counsel table in his place.
at counsel table in his place.
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a njegova majka je umesto njega
sedela za stolom.
sedela za stolom.
Nikada neću to zaboraviti do kraja života.
07:36
I'll never forget this
the rest of my life.
the rest of my life.
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Samo se klatila za stolom, govoreći:
07:39
She just rocked at the table, saying,
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„Znala sam da moje dete to nije uradilo.
07:42
"I knew my baby didn't do this.
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Znala sam da moje dete to nije uradilo.“
07:44
I knew my baby didn't do this."
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I njeno dete to nije uradilo.
07:46
And her baby didn't do this.
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To su uradila druga dva momka.
07:48
Two other guys did it.
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Ako postoji nešto što smo naučili,
nešto što sam naučio,
nešto što sam naučio,
07:51
If there's anything that we've learned,
anything that I've learned,
anything that I've learned,
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kroz ovaj rad na integritetu osuda,
07:54
with this conviction integrity work,
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to je da se pravda ne dešava.
07:57
it's that justice doesn't happen.
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08:01
People make justice happen.
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Ljudi čine da se pravda desi.
Pravda nije nešto što samo padne sa neba
08:08
Justice is not a thing
that just descends from above
that just descends from above
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i ispravi sve.
08:12
and makes everything right.
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08:14
If it did, Mr. Stuckey
wouldn't have died in prison.
wouldn't have died in prison.
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Da je tako, gospodin Staki
ne bi umro u zatvoru.
ne bi umro u zatvoru.
08:19
Justice is something
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Pravda je nešto
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that people of goodwill make happen.
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što ljudi dobre volje omoguće da se desi.
Pravda je odluka.
08:25
Justice is a decision.
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Pravda je odluka.
08:32
Justice is a decision.
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Mi ostvarujemo pravdu.
08:35
We make justice happen.
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Znate, zastrašujuća stvar je to što je,
08:38
You know, the scary thing is,
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08:40
in each of these three cases I described,
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u svakom od ova tri slučaja
koja sam opisao,
koja sam opisao,
08:42
it would have only taken
just an extra minute --
just an extra minute --
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bio potreban samo još jedan minut -
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an extra minute --
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jedan dodatni minut -
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for someone to look through the file
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da neko pregleda dosije
08:49
and find this receipt.
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i nađe ovaj račun.
08:51
Just one -- to look through the file,
find the receipt,
find the receipt,
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Samo jedan -
da pregleda dosije, nađe račun
da pregleda dosije, nađe račun
i preda ga javnom braniocu.
08:55
give it to the public defender.
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Nekome bi bio potreban samo minut
08:58
It would have taken someone just a minute
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09:01
to look at the video confession
and say, "That cannot be."
and say, "That cannot be."
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da pogleda snimak priznanja
i kaže: „Ovo ne može biti.“
i kaže: „Ovo ne može biti.“
Samo jedan minut.
09:07
Just a minute.
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I možda bi gospodin Staki bio živ danas.
09:09
And perhaps Mr. Stuckey
would be alive today.
would be alive today.
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09:13
It reminds me of one of my favorite poems.
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To me podseća na jednu
od mojih omiljenih pesama.
od mojih omiljenih pesama.
09:16
It's a poem that Benjamin Elijah Mays
would always recite,
would always recite,
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To je pesma koju bi uvek izrecitovao
Bendžamin Elajdža Mejs,
Bendžamin Elajdža Mejs,
09:21
and he called it "God's Minute."
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a zvao ju je „Božji minut“.
09:22
And it goes something like this:
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Ide ovako nekako:
„Imam samo minut,
09:24
"I have only just a minute,
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samo 60 sekundi u njemu,
09:26
only 60 seconds in it,
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09:28
forced upon me, can't refuse it,
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nametnut mi, ne mogu ga odbiti,
09:30
didn't seek it, didn't choose it.
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nisam ga tražio, nisam ga birao,
ali je na meni da ga iskoristim.
09:33
But it's up to me to use it.
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09:34
I must suffer if I lose it,
give account if I abuse it.
give account if I abuse it.
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Moram patiti ako ga izgubim,
polagati račune ako ga zloupotrebim.
polagati račune ako ga zloupotrebim.
Samo jedan majušni minut,
09:39
Just a tiny little minute,
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09:42
but eternity is in it."
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ali je večnost u njemu.“
Kada bi trebalo da izdam naređenje
09:45
If I were to charge
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09:47
each and every one of us,
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svakome od nas,
rekao bih nešto poput:
09:49
I would want to say something like,
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„Svakoga dana,
09:53
"Every day,
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svakoga dana,
09:55
every day,
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izdvojite samo jedan dodatni minut
09:57
take just one extra minute
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i sprovedite pravdu.“
10:01
and do some justice.
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Ne morate -
10:04
You don't have to --
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Mislim, neki ljudi provedu
svoju karijeru i svoj život,
svoju karijeru i svoj život,
10:06
I mean, some people spend
their careers and their lives,
their careers and their lives,
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kao javni branioci,
10:10
like public defenders,
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svakodnevno radeći za pravdu.
10:11
doing justice every day.
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Ali, u vašem profesionalnom životu,
čime god da se bavite,
čime god da se bavite,
10:14
But in your professional lives,
whatever you do,
whatever you do,
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10:16
take time out
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izdvojte vreme
da jednostavno
10:18
to just
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10:20
do some justice.
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sprovodite pravdu.
10:21
Make a colleague feel better.
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Učinite da se kolega oseća bolje.
Ako čujete nešto što je seksistički,
10:24
If you hear something that's sexist,
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ne smejte se, već izrazite svoj stav.
10:27
don't laugh, speak up.
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Ako je neko tužan, oraspoložite ga,
10:30
If someone is down, lift them up,
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jedan dodatni minut svakoga dana
10:32
one extra minute each day,
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i biće to sjajno mesto.
10:36
and it'll be a great, great place.
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Želim da vam pokažem nešto.
10:38
I want to show you something.
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10:41
Now, above me is a picture
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Iznad mene je slika
10:44
of David McCallum.
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Dejvida Makaluma.
Ovo je dan kada je oslobođen iz zatvora.
10:47
This is the day
he was released from prison.
he was released from prison.
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Nakon 30 godina je mogao
da zagrli bratanicu
da zagrli bratanicu
10:50
After 30 years, he got to hug a niece
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10:53
he had never been able to touch before.
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koju nikada ranije nije mogao da dodirne.
10:57
And I asked him then,
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Pitao sam ga tada:
10:59
I said, "What's the first thing
you want to do?"
you want to do?"
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„Šta je prvo što želiš da uradiš?“
A on je rekao: „Samo želim
da hodam trotoarom,
da hodam trotoarom,
11:02
And he said, "I just want
to walk on the sidewalk
to walk on the sidewalk
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a da mi niko ne govori gde da idem.“
11:04
without anybody telling me where to go."
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Nije bio ogorčen.
11:07
Wasn't bitter,
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Samo je hteo da hoda trotoarom.
11:09
just wanted to walk on the sidewalk.
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Razgovarao sam sa gospodinom Makalumom
pre oko dve nedelje.
pre oko dve nedelje.
11:11
I spoke to Mr. McCallum
about two weeks ago.
about two weeks ago.
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Otišao sam u Njujork.
11:15
I went to New York.
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11:16
It was on the two-year anniversary
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Bilo je to na drugu godišnjicu
11:19
of his release.
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njegovog oslobađanja.
11:21
And we talked,
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Razgovarali smo,
11:22
we laughed, we hugged, we cried.
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smejali se, grlili se, plakali.
11:26
And he's doing quite well.
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Prilično je dobro.
11:28
And one of the things he said
when we met with him
when we met with him
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Jedna od stvari koje je rekao
kada smo se sreli sa njim
kada smo se sreli sa njim
11:32
is that he now has dedicated his life
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je da je sada posvetio svoj život
11:35
and his career
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i svoju karijeru
11:36
to ensuring that nobody else
is locked up unjustly.
is locked up unjustly.
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tome da se postara da niko više
ne bude nepravedno zatvoren.
ne bude nepravedno zatvoren.
Pravda, prijatelji moji,
11:41
Justice, my friends,
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jeste odluka.
11:45
is a decision.
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Mnogo vam hvala.
11:47
Thank you very much.
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(Aplauz)
11:48
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. - Clinical professor of lawRonald Sullivan is a leading theorist in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, trial practice and techniques, legal ethics and race theory.
Why you should listen
Professor Ronald Sullivan is the faculty director of the Harvard Criminal Justice Institute and the Harvard Trial Advocacy Workshop. Sullivan also serves as Faculty Dean of Winthrop House at Harvard College. He is the first African American ever appointed Faculty Dean in Harvard's history. He is a founding member and Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project.
Sullivan has merged legal theory and practice over the course of his career in unique and cutting-edge ways. In 2014, he was tasked to design and implement a Conviction Review Unit (CRU) for the newly elected Brooklyn District Attorney. The CRU, designed to identify and exonerate wrongfully convicted persons, quickly became regarded as the model conviction integrity program in the nation. In its first year of operation alone, Sullivan discovered over 10 wrongful convictions, which the DA ultimately vacated. Some of the exonerated citizens had served more than 30 years in prison before they were released.
In 2008, Sullivan served as Chair, Criminal Justice Advisory Committee for then-Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In this capacity, his committee made policy recommendations on a range of issues in an effort to put into practice some of the best research in the field. He also served as a member of the National Legal Advisory Group for the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign. Finally, Sullivan was appointed Advisor to the Department of Justice Presidential Transition Team.
In 2007, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Sullivan was asked to create a system to solve a criminal justice crisis. More than 6,000 citizens were incarcerated in and around New Orleans without representation and with all official records destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Sullivan designed an indigent defense delivery system that resulted in the release of nearly all the 6000 inmates.
Sullivan still maintains an appellate and trial practice. He has represented persons ranging from politicians to professional athletes to recording artists to pro bono clients in criminal jeopardy. Representative clients include: The family of Michael Brown, former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez and the family of Usaamah Rahim.
Sullivan is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Morehouse College and the Harvard Law School, where he served as President of the Harvard Black Law Students Association and as General Editor of the Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal.
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