Video & Transcript Research : 'wrongful conviction'

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FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mandatory for an unauthorized alien who is convicted of a capital offense.
  • Now, again, maybe this number's wrong, too, from the Board of Governors.
  • Am I wrong? Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Am I wrong? Senator Gruters. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Definitely feels wrong.
Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then read an amended joint proclamation expanding the special session call to include financial penalties for government officials, criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. No committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk before the chamber moved to the special order calendar. The main item was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill, along with a late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Gruters. Gruters said the amendment aligned terminology with federal law, increased penalties for crimes by unauthorized aliens, added transnational crime organizations to gang definitions, required stronger participation in the federal 287(g) program, created financial penalties for noncompliance, offered a $1,000 bonus for officers assisting ICE in large operations, directed more information-sharing with federal agencies, and barred DHSMV from issuing licenses or IDs to unauthorized aliens. He framed the bill as supporting President Trump’s immigration agenda and focusing on criminal illegal aliens rather than street-level enforcement. A long question-and-answer period followed, with Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Roscoe, Berman, and others pressing the sponsor on scope, legality, costs, and implementation. Questions focused on whether the bill would require participation beyond jails and detention centers, whether schools or churches could be affected, liability and immunity for local agencies, the size and purpose of the proposed appropriations, and the impact on undocumented students receiving in-state tuition waivers. Gruters and Senator Fine said the 287(g) provisions were intended to apply to jails and detention facilities, that green-card holders and lawful residents would not be affected, and that the tuition waiver repeal would end discounted tuition for students in the country illegally while not affecting their ability to attend. Fine also defended the mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses committed by illegal immigrants, acknowledging it would likely be challenged in court but arguing the bill was designed to test and advance the policy. No final vote or other action on the bill is reflected in the excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/07/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • longer there and I think that's wrong longer there and I think that's wrong just just just fundamentally
  • convictions here.
  • convictions here.
  • convictions here.
  • convictions here.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • When my son leaves the house, I worry not because he's doing something wrong, but because maybe he might
  • To conduct polygraph examinations for post-conviction sex offender treatment.
  • So the physical note is wrong way off on this bill. Members, any other questions? All right.
  • The registration requirement lasts for 10 years for the most from the most recent conviction or education
  • On the physical note, I may be wrong on that, but when we first came out, there wasn't a physical note
Bills: SB 36
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 2nd, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted
  • These are not post-conviction individuals.
  • Transfer them to them within five days of conviction, and three, Let us write these folks, use some of
  • ... ...convicted of drunk driving in another state.
  • Nope, wrong place. I'm just going on past studies that they had.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/15/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The system had done its job. he was convicted, maybe a little more, he was convicted, maybe a little
  • , Ray Barum was convicted, Ray Barum was convicted, he<00:39:25.920> appealed<00:39:27.200
  • ,<01:45:43.679> and a man was arrested, convicted, and a man was arrested, convicted, and
  • doesn't come from revenge or conviction doesn't come from revenge or conviction or<02:10:40.480>
  • > do convictions, leaders and convictions do convictions, leaders and convictions do not<03:32
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 13, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:33.599> twice convicted twice convicted twice of<00:02:35.599> sexual<00:02:36.080
  • It does not relitigate convictions.
  • It does not relitigate convictions. It does not relitigate convictions.
  • You would just see what their conviction was and if they've been convicted, they're on the list, required
  • was and and if they've been conviction was and and if they've been convicted,<00:25:27.919> they're
Bills: SF0082
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 2nd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's wrong either way.
  • wrong with the cheating their competitor businesses and California consumers.
  • We're going in the wrong direction with a lot of these bills.
  • Vote change on 847, no never mind, excuse me, I'm wrong, keep that.
  • It does, however, ensure that individuals have access to evidence that could prove wrongful conviction
Keywords: 988, house, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • I certainly was wrong.
  • That was wrong.
  • And two wrongs don't make a right. Two wrongs don't make a right.
  • It's wrong. But two wrongs don't make a right.
  • We have a wrongful death act.
Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from Miami-Dade State Attorney Catherine Fernandez-Rundle on human trafficking, describing it as a major criminal enterprise in Florida driven by online recruitment, local victims, and organized traffickers. She outlined Miami-Dade’s task force, victim-centered prosecution practices, training efforts for schools, hotels, transit workers, and other partners, and community-supported services such as the Project Phoenix shelter and Thrive Clinic. She also urged better interstate communication about known traffickers and noted that prior legislative changes, including restrictions on tattooing minors, came from trafficking cases. Senators asked about school-based exploitation, technology and social media recruitment, and information-sharing with other states; Fernandez-Rundle said training and technology remain essential and offered to share materials and tour the facility. The committee then considered CS for SB 656, which Senator Bradley said would codify FDLE’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force funding program and rename/expand the online sting operations grant program to better support investigations, training, technology, and personnel. The bill was supported as a needed response to online child exploitation and was reported favorably by unanimous roll call. The committee also passed SB 892 by Senator Martin, which streamlines sentencing procedures for habitual felony offenders and related designations by reducing paperwork delays tied to clemency and requiring clearer notice before pleas; it too was reported favorably unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on SB 164, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil damages for the death of an unborn child. Senator Graal said the bill uses existing statutory language defining an unborn child and is intended to let parents recover damages when negligence causes a pregnancy loss. Supporters argued it recognizes unborn life and should be strengthened; opponents warned it would function as a personhood measure, create liability risks for doctors, businesses, friends, and family members, chill miscarriage and abortion-related care, and worsen Florida’s OB-GYN shortage. Several speakers raised concerns about abuse by rapists or abusive partners and about impacts on IVF and emergency care. The committee heard extensive questioning about the bill’s scope and its relationship to existing criminal statutes, but no vote on SB 164 was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 5/1/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These convictions in other areas.
  • It's clearly wrong. Everyone can feel that that is wrong.
  • It's clearly wrong. dollars to a voter. It's clearly wrong.
  • Everyone can feel that that is wrong. Everyone can feel that that is wrong.
  • convictions for mostly for murder cases. convictions for mostly for murder cases.
Keywords: 1183, house
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 4/13/2026 #2

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • they're a convicted convicted felon. they're a convicted convicted felon.
  • amendment that said if you're convicted amendment that said if you're convicted of<02:40:07.840>
  • But they won't be convicted felons.
  • So, that's already a conviction. They don't go there unless they've been convicted.
  • be convicted in the local facility. be convicted in the local facility.
Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and first honored Nancy Crawford with a resolution recognizing her 46 years of state service, including 20 years as Senator Pam Beidle’s chief of staff. Senator Beidle then spoke at length about her own retirement plans and public service, reflecting on her career in the House and Senate, her work on the Finance Committee, and thanking her staff and colleagues. The chamber unanimously journalized the remarks. The Senate then moved into business on House and Senate messages, including House Bill 139 and Senate Bill 311, and adopted a conference committee report on House Bill 1532, the Utility Relief/Reducing Energy Load for Inflation measure. The report was described as a broad energy and utility package that had already passed the Senate 38-4 and was said to address short-, medium-, and long-term issues, including rate relief, in-state generation, data center policy, consumer transparency, and low-income utility assistance. During debate on the conference report, the majority leader explained several changes from prior versions: no legislative ban on forecast test years, instead deferring to the Public Service Commission; removal of gas programs from Empower to avoid inequities across service territories; modest opening of the retail supply market with guardrails; and rejection of some floor amendments, including a gas line extension provision and a study amendment. The minority leader argued the bill offered only limited relief, focused too much on talking points and short-term savings, and said many bipartisan amendments were not retained. The majority leader responded that the bill would save ratepayers real dollars through provisions on utility adders, executive bonuses, FERC-related returns, and new generation, and urged adoption of the conference report.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Importantly, won the most convictions.
  • <00:37:37.839> in we've won more than 300 convictions in we've won more than 300 convictions
  • fraud convictions in the entire country. fraud convictions in the entire country.
  • We've convicted do more prosecutions.
  • able to win the most convictions able to win the most convictions compared<01:24:35.199> to
Bills: HF3423, HF2354, HF3634
MI

Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session 26-06-18

Michigan Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • because of a Supreme Court decision the same way that we would treat someone who actually has a conviction
  • the same way that we treat someone who actually had a miscarriage of justice and was wrongfully convicted
  • I would encourage some sort of fix to this situation in the law, but I think it's wrong.
  • I think it's an injustice to the people of Michigan to ...law, but I think it's wrong.
  • of a technicality should be treated the same way under Michigan law as someone who had their conviction
Summary: The Senate met with 27 members present and a quorum, opened with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through a series of motions, recesses, and introductions of bills. Several new bills were read and referred, including measures affecting the Income Tax Act, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, public utilities, nondisclosure agreements, data centers and community benefit agreements, zoning, Medicaid false claims, and the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act, with referrals mainly to finance, energy and environment, and housing and human services committees. In the Committee of the Whole, Senate Bills 592, 49, and 50 were reported without amendment and advanced. On third reading, the Senate passed Senate Bills 900, 820, 966, 967, 968, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978. SB 900 dealt with the Vehicle Code, SB 820 with election law, SB 966 and SBs 974-978 with housing and insurance-related changes, and SB 967 with the Income Tax Act. SB 966, 967, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, and 978 all passed on 20-16 votes, while SB 900 passed 35-1. Senate Bill 973, creating a state-based health insurance exchange as a nonprofit corporation, drew the most debate. Senators Weber, Lindsay, and Halk offered amendments, all of which were defeated after recorded votes; Weber argued for cost controls and consumer savings, while supporters said the bill would give Michigan more control over health care decisions and could lower premiums. Senator Irwin spoke in support of the housing-related package, saying it would help address the state’s housing shortage. Senate Bill 592, concerning the Corrections Code, was also passed after a 31-5 vote, with Senator Lindsay explaining his no vote as concern about how the bill treats juvenile offenders. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 133, urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to honor commitments to Michigan farmers participating in the Rural Energy for America Program. Senator McCann supported the resolution, citing farm losses from federal rollbacks, while Senator McBroom gave a strong no-vote explanation criticizing state energy policy and the resolution’s framing. The session ended with remarks recognizing Juneteenth and an anecdotal bipartisan exchange between senators before the chamber adjourned until June 23 at 10:00 a.m.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Discrimination is wrong. Common sense ought to tell us that.
  • Is that wrong?
  • Call it, it's wrong. And it has to stop.
  • I may be wrong but I doubt it.
  • You just think they got the methodology wrong.
Summary: The meeting covered important discussions surrounding key nominations in the Department of Justice, specifically for the roles of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Office of Legal Policy. Various committee members took turns to express their views on the nominees, emphasizing the implications of their potential confirmation on civil rights enforcement in the country. Alongside the committee discussion, the nominees provided insights into their professional backgrounds and how their experiences align with the responsibilities of the positions for which they have been nominated.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The convictions of the HLF... I’m going to just continue going down. out of committee. Mr.
  • Other than need, the convictions of the HLF. I’m going to just continue going down.
  • These voters did nothing wrong, and yet the bill makes it easier for the votes to be discarded.
  • These voters did nothing wrong, and yet the bill makes it easier for the votes to be discarded.
  • Arizona's election timing process problems are real, but this fixes the wrong thing.
Summary: The committee met to hear several measures, beginning with HCM 2001 and HCM 2002, both memorials urging Congress to review and potentially designate the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist organizations. Supporters argued the groups have documented ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood’s stated goal of undermining Western civilization, citing the Holy Land Foundation case, FBI concerns, and testimony from national-security advocates. Opponents, including CAIR representatives, Muslim community members, and civil-rights advocates, said the memorials relied on guilt by association, would stigmatize Muslims, and lacked a factual or legal basis; they emphasized CAIR’s civil-rights work and warned of First Amendment concerns and community harm. After extensive debate and questions about the relationship between national and Arizona CAIR entities, the committee approved HCM 2001 and HCM 2002 on 4-3 votes, with members on both sides explaining their votes at length. Supporters framed the measures as simple requests to Congress based on existing federal findings, while opponents called them political theater and discriminatory. The committee then recessed briefly. When the committee returned, it heard HB 2009, which would prohibit committees primarily organized to influence constitutional amendments from accepting foreign national contributions and require donor verification and disclosure of out-of-state funding. The sponsor said the bill is meant to help voters understand outside influence on Arizona constitutional initiatives and suggested it could be broadened to all ballot measures. The bill passed 4-3. The committee then took up HCR 2001, a proposed constitutional amendment on elections that would limit voting to U.S. citizens, ban foreign contributions to candidate and ballot measure campaigns, require government-issued ID, and adjust early voting and mail-ballot rules. A late amendment clarified that the citizenship requirement applies to primary, general, and municipal elections, set early voting to end the Friday before an election, and refined mail-ballot rules while preserving federal overseas military voting requirements. The sponsor argued the measure would make Arizona elections more secure and efficient, while critics said it would create barriers and longer lines. The transcript cuts off during sponsor questioning on the amendment and ballot-access provisions.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • ...in hiring people in the state, so that would be the little box that says, 'Have you ever been convicted
  • And that little checkbox, 'Have you ever been convicted of a crime?'
  • It may be somebody that has never been convicted of a crime before.
  • They've never lived these differences, and I think that it's wrong. leaving it that way tends to lead
  • They've never lived these differences, and I think that it's wrong to close our eyes to those differences
Bills: SB1013, SB1023
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1023, which would require optometrists to conduct eye exams according to the standard of care in the community at a recommended one-year interval, while allowing eyeglass prescriptions to be extended up to two years or shortened based on risk factors. The sponsor described it as a compromise between a longer prescription period and existing practice, and the Arizona Optometric Association supported the bill as codifying best practice and clarifying the standard. The committee moved the bill and gave SB 1023 a do pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1013, a merit-based public hiring bill that would prohibit state and local public employers from using policies or practices that base hiring on race, ethnicity, sex, or national origin, while preserving compliance with anti-discrimination laws. An amendment was offered to clarify that the bill would not limit voluntary veterans’ preference employment policies, and the committee adopted that amendment. Supporters argued the bill would ensure public jobs are awarded based on qualifications and protect taxpayers; opponents argued it could undermine diversity efforts and that the veterans language was unnecessary or awkwardly drafted. After testimony from supporters and debate over the amendment and the bill’s effect on diversity, veterans’ preferences, and prior criminal history in hiring, the committee voted on SB 1013 as amended. The bill received a due pass as amended recommendation on a 4-3 vote, and the committee then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Apr 22nd, 2025

Fiscal Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it's only affecting those who have been convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison.
  • Senator Martin, first, let me acknowledge that anyone who does any act against a child is wrong.
  • But take... ...it's wrong. So I want to preface my questions there.
  • You were convicted a felon. There was a lot that went along with it.
  • An offender with a prior sex conviction is also upgraded to a second-degree felony.
Summary: The committee took up a series of criminal justice, health, and public safety bills, with several measures reported favorably after brief sponsor presentations and mostly no opposition. CS for SB 1782 on dangerous excessive speeding, CS for SB 306 on Medicaid provider network access, CS for SB 716 on mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses by registered offenders, CS for SB 1084 on intimate image dissemination and digitally forged images, and CS for CS for SB 1604 on corrections-related litigation and sentencing changes all passed the committee. Members also approved CS for SB 1838, which increases protections for court officials from tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for SB 1252, which directs FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database. CS for SB 468 on fleeing or eluding, CS for SB 490 on off-duty concealed carry for certain officers, and CS for SB 890 on blood clot screening and treatment also received favorable votes, with SB 890 drawing supportive testimony from the bill sponsor, medical and patient advocates, and family members affected by blood clots. The most extensive debate centered on CS for CS for SB 1804, which would create a capital offense for adults trafficking children under 12 or mentally incapacitated persons for sexual exploitation. Senator Martin defended the bill as a response to especially heinous crimes and argued it fit within constitutional punishment principles, while several members raised concerns about the Eighth Amendment, the risk of lengthy and costly litigation, and the possibility of retraumatizing victims. The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, citing moral objections, due process concerns, and constitutional precedent; the bill nevertheless was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 572, the “Pam Rock Act,” which tightens dangerous-dog rules, adds enclosure, microchip, insurance, and penalty requirements, and allows stronger enforcement actions after serious attacks. The Rock family and animal control supporters testified in favor, describing the bill as a response to fatal dog attacks and urging stronger accountability for owners. For SB 572, members discussed insurance requirements, the role of local authorities in classifying dangerous dogs, and whether the bill would affect ordinary pet insurance or only liability coverage after a serious attack. The sponsor said the measure is not breed-specific and is aimed at dogs that have already caused significant harm. The committee also heard testimony from family members of Pam Rock and other victims, along with supporters from animal control and sheriff’s offices. All of the bills taken up in the meeting that were voted on were reported favorably, and no roll-call votes failed.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:36:18.280> were last year how many convictions were last year how many convictions were
  • The speeding is dismissed, the cannabis conviction—the person's convicted of the cannabis offense—that's
  • The speeding is dismissed, the cannabis conviction—the person's convicted of the cannabis offense—that's
  • The speeding is dismissed, the cannabis conviction—the person's convicted of the cannabis offense—that's
  • The speeding is dismissed, the cannabis conviction—the person's convicted of the cannabis offense—that's
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pray that you would give them spirit and dude wisdom to discern right from wrong, good from bad, and
  • The offense is a felony if the depictions are of a computer-generated child. conviction if a depicted
  • Stand up and say what is wrong.
  • So we're taught all these things that were wrong, you know, for example, that was the... the low-fat
  • I mean, I was taught a lot of things that were wrong, you know, in the 1980s and we've got to... start
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Jan 12th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • You get a conviction for it.
  • So somebody's convicted of resisting an officer with violence.
  • So they'll never get convicted of this.
  • You cannot be convicted of being a gang member. Okay.
  • Do you see wrong? Oh yes, I see where you're coming from.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered several criminal justice bills. SB 50 on Veterans Treatment Courts was amended to clarify that entry into the program requires approval of the state attorney and to make the bill prospective only. Supporters, including veterans advocates and crime survivors, argued the bill would expand access to treatment-focused diversion for veterans with nonviolent charges and service-related trauma. The committee adopted both amendments and reported the bill favorably. SB 52, which creates an exemption from security licensing requirements for unpaid armed volunteers providing security at places of worship, also drew support from law enforcement and faith leaders who said it would clarify a legal gray area for churches; the committee adopted a strike-all amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered SB 436 on felony battery and prison release reoffender enhancements. An amendment was adopted to align felony battery involving injury to law enforcement with the bill’s intent to address the disparity between battery on an officer and resisting with violence. Members discussed concerns about mandatory minimums and the scope of the enhancement, including how it might apply in cases involving older prior offenses or mental health crises, but the bill was ultimately reported favorably. SB 676, which creates graduated penalties for adults who involve minors in animal cruelty offenses and increases penalties for related conduct, was supported by animal welfare advocates and reported favorably and unanimously. Later, the committee approved SB 536 on criminal gang members after adopting an amendment clarifying the definition of gang-related conduct and requiring multiple criteria for gang membership. Members raised concerns about social media, neighborhood association, juvenile application, and overbroad labeling, but the sponsor said the bill was aimed at gang-related criminal activity and recruitment, not innocent association. The committee also reported favorably SB 432 on controlled substances, which adds concentrated 7-OH to Schedule I and creates penalties for xylazine products that resemble candy or food and for trafficking in xylazine; SB 524, an FDLE bill updating duties related to medical examiners, training, and complaint service procedures; and SB 590, which tolls the statute of limitations for failure-to-report child abuse offenses until the crime is known to law enforcement. All of these bills were reported favorably, and the meeting adjourned after a final vote correction was entered for SB 524.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/15/26

Rules and Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • house and then was ultimately convicted house and then was ultimately convicted by<00:41:03.000>
  • These standards do not require a criminal conviction.
  • These standards do not require a criminal conviction.
  • Things appear to have gone terribly wrong under your watch, Governor Walz.
  • Have there been crimes, charges, and convictions for our executives? No.
Bills: HF3900, HF1849