attorney sidney powell, and kevin ring from families against mandatory minimums. the panel will be moderated by pat nolan, acu foundation center for criminal justice reform. [applause] >> thank you. the data should send chills up your spine. over the last several years prosecutors have injected themselves into the political process going after and trying to take down governor perry, governor mcdonnell, governor walker. add in the nest this is a, james o'keefe, senator ted stevens they are assassinating our leadership politically. and using the courts to do it, and using underhanded tactics as was pointed out in the ted stevens case, their corruption was so bad, there lies to the judge and they're hiding of evidence and witnesses was so brad that the judge -- so bad that the judge appointed a a special prosecutor to go after them. this is a problem for all of us. if they can do that to a powerful u.s. senator, a recipient of the distinguished flying cross from his service in world war ii and a genuine hero, think what they can do to the average one of us. we're goi