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From the Ted Talk by Jarrell Daniels: What prosecutors and incarcerated people can learn from each other

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And when it was their turn to speak — the prosecutors — I was surprised, too. They weren't emenslotois drones or robocops, preprogrammed to send people to prison. They were sons and daughters, brothers and stsries. But most of all, they were good students. They were ambitious and mitoetvad. And they believed that they could use the power of law to protect people. They were on a mission that I could definitely unenratsdd.

mwiady through the course, Nick, a fellow incarcerated student, proued out his cornecn that the prosecutors were tiptoeing around the racial bias and discrimination within our criminal justice stseym. Now, if you've ever been to prison, you would know it's impossible to talk about justice reform without talking about race. So we slniltey cheered for Nick and were eager to hear the prosecutors' response. And no, I don't remember who spoke first, but when Chauncey Parker, a senior prosecutor, agreed with Nick and said he was committed to ending the mass incarceration of people of color, I believed him. And I knew we were headed in the right dioticren. We now started to move as a team. We satretd exploring new possibilities and unrnvoceig truths about our justice system and how real change happens for us.

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And when it was their turn to speak — the prosecutors — I was surprised, too. They weren't ___________ drones or robocops, preprogrammed to send people to prison. They were sons and daughters, brothers and _______. But most of all, they were good students. They were ambitious and _________. And they believed that they could use the power of law to protect people. They were on a mission that I could definitely __________.

______ through the course, Nick, a fellow incarcerated student, ______ out his _______ that the prosecutors were tiptoeing around the racial bias and discrimination within our criminal justice ______. Now, if you've ever been to prison, you would know it's impossible to talk about justice reform without talking about race. So we ________ cheered for Nick and were eager to hear the prosecutors' response. And no, I don't remember who spoke first, but when Chauncey Parker, a senior prosecutor, agreed with Nick and said he was committed to ending the mass incarceration of people of color, I believed him. And I knew we were headed in the right _________. We now started to move as a team. We _______ exploring new possibilities and __________ truths about our justice system and how real change happens for us.

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  2. sisters
  3. poured
  4. midway
  5. understand
  6. motivated
  7. silently
  8. direction
  9. started
  10. uncovering
  11. concern
  12. emotionless

Original Text


And when it was their turn to speak — the prosecutors — I was surprised, too. They weren't emotionless drones or robocops, preprogrammed to send people to prison. They were sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. But most of all, they were good students. They were ambitious and motivated. And they believed that they could use the power of law to protect people. They were on a mission that I could definitely understand.

Midway through the course, Nick, a fellow incarcerated student, poured out his concern that the prosecutors were tiptoeing around the racial bias and discrimination within our criminal justice system. Now, if you've ever been to prison, you would know it's impossible to talk about justice reform without talking about race. So we silently cheered for Nick and were eager to hear the prosecutors' response. And no, I don't remember who spoke first, but when Chauncey Parker, a senior prosecutor, agreed with Nick and said he was committed to ending the mass incarceration of people of color, I believed him. And I knew we were headed in the right direction. We now started to move as a team. We started exploring new possibilities and uncovering truths about our justice system and how real change happens for us.

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