New Mexico in Focus; 507; Law and Order: The Death Penalty in New Mexico and a Conversation with U.S. Attorney David Iglesias

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CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT SHOULD THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE MURDER OF NINE YEAR THE CASE OF TERRY CLARK THEN DAVID IGLESIAS TAKES AS THE NEW U.S. ATTORNEY >> Arcie: HELLO AND WELCOME

THIS COMING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER CONDEMNED MURDERER, TERRY BY LETHAL INJECTION IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN OUR STATE IN 41 YEARS THE DEATH PENALTY IS IN CONTRAST TO NEW MEXICO, BUT IN ILLINOIS, REPUBLICAN A MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH IS THE DEATH PENALTY FLAWED, MINORITY OFFENDERS INNOCENT MEN TO THEIR DEATHS AS THE ONLY WESTERN COUNTRY THE DEATH PENALTY PUT WITH NATIONS SUCH AS IRAN, AFGHANISTAN OR DOES IT SHOW

ON TO ITS VALUES DESPITE TOUGH QUESTIONS, NO EASY THEIR PERSPECTIVES MICHAEL COX, DIRECTOR HE WORKED AS CO-PROSECUTOR KARI BRANDENBURG, BERNALILLO RECENTLY OVERSAW THE CASE HIS FIANCE AND HER TWO SONS MICHELLE GIGER, WHO IS FOR RECONCILIATION AND ART ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO NOW THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING I AM GOING TO START DOES THE PUBLIC GET ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? >> Michael Cox: PROTECTION. WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OR NOT THE DEATH PENALTY

PLACES BUT WE DO KNOW IT SAVES OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING PRISON I KNOW OF A COUPLE OF PEOPLES' PENALTY. SOMEONE WAS PREPARED THEY STOPPED, SPECIFICALLY THAT IS 18 OR 20 PEOPLE WHOSE >> Arcie: MICHELLE, DO >> Michelle Giger: ABSOLUTELY THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME ON AVERAGE, IN STATES WHERE THE MURDER RATE IS ABOUT 5.6 SO, I THINK, NATIONWIDE, IT WITH REGARD TO MR. COX'S STORY OUR PRISONS, MY UNDERSTANDING

A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO AND WERE ASKED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE WORRIED THEIR CONCERN WAS WHAT WOULD >> Arcie: THERE IS A STUDY IN THE THREE YEARS BEFORE AVERAGED 904 ANNUALLY HOW CAN WE SAY THAT THIS IS MICHAEL. >> Michael Cox: THOSE NUMBERS I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO TIE THAT THAT DOESN'T PROVE IT IS I READ REPORTS AND SOME

I PERSONALLY KNOW OF TWO THEY COUNT TO ME AND I THINK DISAPPEAR THE DEATH PENALTY WILL BE PEOPLE WHO WILL DIE A GOOD CHANCE THOSE WILL BE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SAYING >> Arcie: YOU HAVE >> Art Riffenburgh: I AM AT THAT TIME I THOUGHT THEN I HAD SOME IMPRESSIVE VIOLENCE AND MURDER. I BEGAN THEN I SPENT 20 YEARS OFFICER, DURING WHICH AND CAME TO KNOW HUNDREDS I GATHER MY OPINIONS FROM WHAT

AND THE QUESTION I ALWAYS WAS, WEREN'T YOU AFRAID AND THE ANSWER WAS THAT IS THE LAST THING IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. I FEEL THAT THOSE EXPERIENCES I WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE WHEN ARE WORKING AS THEY ARE WELL WITH INVESTIGATORS, BUT, IN THE EVENT THAT DOESN'T I LIKE THE FIGURE OF 1973;

ACCUSED KILLER IN SEVEN HAS >> Arcie: THE SYSTEM IS FLAWED >> Art Riffenburgh: I THINK THE OTHER 23 WERE EXECUTED >> Arcie: LET ME ASK KARI >> Kari Brandenburg: THAT IS I HAVE AND I HAVE PERSONAL PENALTY THAT ARE VERY WHEN I TOOK OFFICE, I WILL MY CONCERN IS IT PUTS ON THE PROSECUTOR TO MAKE SURE WE CAN'T TAKE THIS CASE, MOOD IN ONE DAY AND SAY, THAT TO THE DEATH PENALTY IN THAT

OR A CHILD WAS A VICTIM, WITH PRETTY SIMILAR A MALE WAS THE VICTIM INDIVIDUAL WAS A VICTIM, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE FAIR DEFENDANT OR THAT ACCUSED TO BE DEFENDED TO IF THERE ARE MISTAKES MADE WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE APPELLATE AND FEDERALLY, AND THAT US THAT JUSTICE WAS, IN FACT, ONCE A PERSON'S EXECUTED AND, YOUR ARE SAYING THAT -- IN ILLINOIS WHERE WE HAVE, THAT CONCERNS ME.

IN NEW MEXICO, I THINK IT IS NEW MEXICO, I THINK, MOST CAUCASIAN OR ANGLO, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY PRESENT AS A PROSECUTOR, THIS PRESENTS AND TREMENDOUS TO EXERCISE IT IN AN EXTREMELY >> Arcie: WHAT ABOUT MANY STATES WHO FEEL THAT EXPENSIVE, HAVE DECLINED IS THE COST A BURDEN TO NEW I READ THAT JUDICIAL CONCERNS IS FOUR TIMES HIGHER IN DEATH IS THIS GOING TO BE ON TAXPAYERS IN NEW MEXICO >> Michelle Giger: IT ISN'T BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE IT, CASE TO PROSECUTE AND CARRY

TIMES MORE THAN A NONCAPITAL PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THAT IS THE TRUTH IS THAT IS MADE TO GO FORWARD THE COSTS ESCALATE THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS' OFFICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND IT IS PHENOMINALLY OF MURDER VICTIMS' FAMILIES ORGANIZATION AND THERE ARE EACH OF US HAS LOST A FAMILY ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO IS THAT ARE BEING WASTED

PEOPLE COULD BE BETTER SPENT, -- EFFECTIVE CRIME PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION IN SOME >> Kari Brandenburg: THERE ARE OF CHIEFS OF POLICE THAT ARE PENALTY BECAUSE THEY SAY IT OF RESOURCES TO FIGHT CRIME. INTO WHEN WE ARE TRYING RIGHT OF A CRIME, BUT THE REALITY IS OF RESOURCES, LIMITED NUMBER WE DECIDE TO GO DEATH PENALTY, WE KNOW IT IS GOING TO TAKE A PARALEGAL, A NUMBER MINIMUM, AND WHAT IS THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 140 IN VARIOUS STAGES TO LOSE OTHER CASES THOSE ARE ALL THE

FOR OUR OFFICE IT IS NOT THERE IS A LOT OF GRAY AREAS TO BE FACTORED IN TO MAKE SURE >> Arcie: IS THE TERRY CLARK >> Michael Cox: I DON'T THINK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WHILE HE WAS ON DEATH ROW, HE IS NOT A GOOD POSTER BOY I THINK HE IS ALSO NOT OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT, WELL, RESOURCES, ET CETERA, HE PLED GUILTY. HE CONFESSED, BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC I THINK HE HAS GOTTEN

>> Arcie: I KNOW THE TIME GOES >> Michelle Giger: I WANT TO RESOURCES AND THE COST AND IT IS WHAT IT SAYS AND AS A SOCIETY; THAT BETTER TO DO TO ADDRESS AND THAT IS A COST THAT WE MAY AND WITH REGARD TO MR. CLARK, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DEATH ON THE PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW ON THE REST OF US WHO ARE LEFT >> Arcie: I KNOW THAT WE COULD

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING STAY TUNED. DAVID IGLESIAS, >> Arcie: FEW PEOPLE CAN CLAIM MY NEXT GUEST, DAVID IGLESIAS, HIS WORK AS JUDGE ADVOCATE IN GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, BEFORE YOU START FEELING TOO THAT AS NEW MEXICO'S TOP OFFICER, MR. IGLESIAS NOW HAS 11TH WAS CHALLENGING BUT CAN ALONG WITH THE USUAL TASKS MR. IGLESIAS WILL NOW JOIN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

NEW MEXICO IS FAR REMOVED >> David Iglesias: IT WILL BE ATTORNEY GENERAL MADE IT CLEAR NEW MEXICO HAS SEVERAL NATIONAL ASSETS, OF THE LABS, RANGE FACILITIES, ALL WOULD BE AND I AM WORKING CLOSELY ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, STATE AND TRIBAL, AND WE ARE MEETING THREAT LEVELS AND TAKE >> Arcie: WHAT WILL YOU DO >> David Iglesias: I CAN'T GO OR METHODS. I AM PROHIBITED

BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN THE CROWN JEWELS, BY THAT >> Arcie: BEFORE WE GO ANY >> David Iglesias: U.S. FOR THREE BASIC TASKS. NO. 1 CRIMES WITHIN THE DISTRICT NO. 2 IS TO REPRESENT IN ALL LEVEL OF LITIGATION, AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES PERFECT EXAMPLE WOULD BE SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN RIPPING UNCLE SAM BACK, WE WOULD FILE >> Arcie: ACCORDING

YOU INHERITED ONE >> David Iglesias: THAT IS OUR DISTRICT IS THIRD THIRD OR FOURTH OUT OF 93 U.S. WE ARE INCREDIBLY BUSY. DISTRICTS, TWO IN TEXAS, DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR BETWEEN 25% AND 30% OF ALL >> Arcie: WHAT IS YOUR OUTLOOK >> David Iglesias: IT IS GOING I FEEL AS THOUGH EVERYTHING I HAVE THE BEST STAFF FOR THE CHALLENGE AND WE WILL EVERYTHING WE CAN OF THE UNITED STATES >> Arcie: WHEN YOU WERE FIRST

THIS WAS BACK IN AUGUST, WOULD BE ENFORCEMENT AND REDUCTION OF CRIME ISSUES HAVEN'T GONE AWAY. HOW >> David Iglesias: THE WORK WE PROSECUTE ALL FELONY CRIMES AND ON OTHER FEDERAL WE'LL KEEP WORKING THOSE. GOING TO BE ANTITERRORISM, THAT, BUT, ALSO TOP PRIORITIES PROSECUTIONS AND ALSO VIOLENT VIEWERS MAY NOT KNOW THAT NEW NATIONALLY IT HAS BEEN GOING BUT IN SOME RESERVATION AREAS, WE NEED TO REVERSE THAT AND IT >> Arcie: I WAS SURPRISED WHEN

TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT. >> David Iglesias: WELL, THERE ARE 22 SEPARATE TRIBAL THERE ARE HIGH RATES OF GANG THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS ABUSE CASES AND VIOLENT CRIMES PLACE IN DISPROPORTIONATE CALLED INDIAN COUNTRY, CLOSELY WITH TRIBAL LAW PROSECUTE THOSE PEOPLE THAT AND KEEPING THEM OFF TO FASHION A WAY TO PREVENT >> Arcie: NOW, I WANT TO MOVE COMPONENT OF YOUR NEW CONGRESS PASSED AND ANTITERRORISM BILL WHICH AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AUTHORITY, LONGER DETENTION

ARE YOU WORRIED THIS WILL >> David Iglesias: I AM NOT WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE INTO LAW WAS A MEASURE THAT TAKE OFF THE GLOVES AND GO ENGAGED IN TERRORIST THE COURTS WILL DETERMINE WHAT THE COURTS WILL ENSURE THAT I WILL RESPECT THE I AM SWORN TO UPHOLD SO BUT I THINK THIS LAW WILL >> Arcie: SOMEONE DOESN'T HAVE >> David Iglesias: IF THAT >> Arcie: WHAT NEXT

>> David Iglesias: THAT IS VACANCIES AND I HAVE HIRED I WANT TO GET 100% STAFFING >> Arcie: WHAT SORT >> David Iglesias: ASSISTANT IN VIOLENT CRIMES, OF OUR LAS CRUCES OFFICE IS OH, GUN PROSECUTIONS. WE HAVE >> Arcie: IMMIGRATION, CHILD >> David Iglesias: RIGHT. >> Arcie: ARE YOU WORKING >> David Iglesias: YES. I AM EVERYONE IN THE STATE, ABOUT BECOMING AN ASSISTANT >> Arcie: WHEN DO YOU HOPE >> David Iglesias: I WOULD NOW ALL THESE POSITIONS HAVE

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION LOOKING INTO THE BACKGROUNDS >> Arcie: WHAT WILL YOU LOOK >> David Iglesias: SOUTHWEST WE HAVE BEEN TASKED OBVIOUSLY WE SHARE A LOT HOWEVER, BOTH PRESIDENT FOX ARE WORKING CLOSELY TO TRY MY JOB ISN'T TO SET POLICY. MY JOB IS TO ENFORCE LAWS THAT >> Arcie: WHAT ARE SOME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE >> David Iglesias: IF SOMEONE COMES BACK ACROSS THE BORDER, THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE

WHAT ABOUT ILLEGAL MIGRANTS NOW, I AM -- I AM NOT SAYING THEY ARE HARD WORKING PEOPLE AND TO SEND SUPPORT HOME, TO BE A SMALL ELEMENT CONTINUE TO PROSECUTE THOSE >> Arcie: ANY FINAL THOUGHTS -- WE HAVE 30 SECONDS -- >> David Iglesias: I AM AND PRESIDENT BUSH GRANTED ME IT IS A WONDERFUL OFFICE. I HAVE THE BEST STAFF >> Arcie: DAVID, THANK THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE NEXT WEEK WHEN inFOCUS PROUDLY THE CHANGING U.S./MEXICO

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