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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public, on Intro 1238 and Evidence Review for Incarcerated Individuals
4:21:24
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Christopher Leon Johnson testifies in support of Intro 1238, which would allow incarcerated individuals to review evidence in their cases. He emphasizes the need for privacy and fairness in this process, suggesting that lawyers, not correction officers, should facilitate access to evidence.
- Johnson expresses concern about potential interference from correction officers during evidence review
- He highlights the need for additional legislation to ensure correction officers cannot see what incarcerated individuals are reviewing
- Johnson draws attention to potential conflicts of interest between correction officers, NYPD, and district attorneys
Christopher Leon Johnson
4:21:24
Hello.
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Can you hear me?
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Hello.
4:21:27
Can you hear me?
Sandy Nurse
4:21:27
Yes.
4:21:27
We can.
Christopher Leon Johnson
4:21:28
Yeah.
4:21:29
Hello, Sandy.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
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Thanks for having this hearing.
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I know you gotta go.
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I'm I'm calling on support for intro twelve thirty eight that will give, people that's currently incarcerated the right to look at evidence while they're in prison.
4:21:40
At the same time, the city council needs to introduce another bill to make sure that the correction officers and anybody apart of New York City corrections does not a does not able to see what they're seeing.
4:21:51
They should be able to, understand a lot of security when it comes to going to computers and looking at stuff, but they should not be on top of the, of the accused while they look at the evidence.
4:22:02
At the same time, they should not be trying to be micromanaging and tell the defendant as how what they should be looking at and what they should may not be looking at.
4:22:08
I think that the the evidence should be sent by the lawyers only, sent by the public defenders or the public, public defender legal aid or 50 or 18 b people, not dumb about the corrections because, just like that man from local New York said earlier about your situation, mister Nurse, about how you was, the guy in that situation, which I brought up, last the budget hearing he wasn't there for.
4:22:30
And if they refuse to really dive in of what happened to you, Sandy, what what do anybody think that they'll do the right thing in trying to really, be fair for the people that are currently incarcerated and that is currently incarcerated?
4:22:45
Everybody know that correctional officers and NYPD officers work together, and corrections officers and the district attorney work together.
4:22:52
So you can never trust, COs to to ever, be fair when it comes to help, deliver evidence, delivering evidence and delivering discovery, and, being part of the discovery process to the defendants.
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Because like I said, they they covered I know they covered it up when you got, in that situation last year at Rikers.
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You can't trust the COs.
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Like I said, it should be done by the lawyers, only by the lawyers and not by the corrections officers.
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Anytime, like I said, anytime that the defendants are able to see this with this introduction, the lawyer should be with them.
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The public defendants should be with them or legal aid or paralegal should be with them, not the CEO because
Zachary Katznelson
4:23:29
Your time's expired.
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Thank you.
Christopher Leon Johnson
4:23:31
So thank you.
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Sandy, I hope that you get justice for what you for what you went through last year.
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I hope you really do get justice.
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Like I said before before