Video & Transcript Research : 'wrongful convictions'
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WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I believe that's probably unique to Wyoming, although I could be wrong.
- Um, I believe that's probably unique to Wyoming, although I could be wrong.
- And it has been into the wrong tier.
- I think saying the legislature is doing the wrong thing, I guess it's your opinion.
- I think saying the legislature is doing the wrong thing, I guess it's your opinion.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (10/22/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I just am uncomfortable with it leading to this kind of misbehavior, leading to a felony conviction.
- Would you um not felony conviction.
- But, um, to start off with, the analysis is wrong.
- But, um, to start off with, the analysis is wrong.
- That's what maybe I'm reading wrong. >> Yeah.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We monitor people convicted sex offenders when they live in homes, group homes.
- It's just a way to monitor convicted sex offenders. And I vote aye.
- HCR 2037, marijuana convictions. HCR 2042, expenditure implementation. HR 2049, reporting.
- We should be embarrassed to be passing stuff like this right now when you all know that it's wrong.
- There are so many things that I find wrong with HCR 2040, one being not minding our own business.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, if I'm approximately wrong, tell me, please.
- I'll have to look at that more carefully and get back with you because I don't want to say the wrong
- Office of Capital and Forensic Writs is the Office of Conviction Integrity for the state.
- Victims of crime, people convicted of crime, citizens of the state of Texas—questions about wrongful
- convictions or sentences do not go unanswered for years or forever.
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee convened for its first hearing of the 89th regular session, confirmed a quorum, adopted committee rules by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the committee’s organization, introduced staff, and described the budget as conservative and focused on one-time investments. She highlighted major SB 1 priorities including property tax relief, full funding for public education formulas, teacher pay, school safety, border security, Medicaid growth, dementia research, energy and water infrastructure, transportation, wildfire suppression, and other capital and public safety needs.
Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending in 2026-27, with a projected $23.8 billion ending balance from the current biennium. He cautioned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid committing short-term surpluses to ongoing expenses. He also explained that the Economic Stabilization Fund is projected to hit its constitutional cap, meaning an estimated $5.6 billion in severance tax and related revenue would remain in general revenue in the upcoming biennium rather than flow into the fund. Senators discussed whether to raise or rename the fund and the implications of keeping more severance-tax revenue in general revenue.
The Legislative Budget Board then gave an overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major funding changes. LBB staff explained that the bill is essentially flat at $332.9 billion in all funds, but includes large method-of-finance shifts and major property tax relief. They detailed how prior property tax relief enacted in the 88th Legislature grew from an estimated $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher property values and hold-harmless provisions, and said SB 1 continues that relief with a total of $51 billion in ongoing and new property tax support. Members asked extensive questions about the automatic growth in school tax compression, the constitutional homestead exemption, COVID-era federal funding, Medicaid assumptions, and the sunset of the non-homestead circuit breaker. No additional votes or final budget actions were taken beyond adoption of the committee rules.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (3-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs met with a quorum, recognized a student page from Covington Catholic High School, and then took up House Concurrent Resolution 67, sponsored by Representative Emily Callaway. The resolution would create a Kentucky Restoration of Voting Rights Act task force to study restoration of civil and voting rights for people who have served their sentences and shown rehabilitation. Callaway said the task force would include legislators and representatives from state offices and advocacy groups, and she noted the issue should receive serious attention as part of civic participation and reentry.
Members asked about differences between the House resolution and a similar Senate measure. Callaway explained that her version was more specific about membership and included state agency representatives and advocacy organizations. Representative Blacket said he preferred the House version and noted expungement had also been discussed. Representative Marzian said she would vote no, arguing the Secretary of State already handles election integrity and that the proposal was unnecessary and costly. Representative Roberts supported the resolution, saying the current process for restoring voting rights can be expensive and lengthy. The resolution passed with favorable consideration.
The committee then heard discussion-only testimony on Senate Bill 126 from Senator Chris McDaniel, a proposed constitutional amendment to limit the governor’s pardon power. McDaniel argued the power has been abused and said the amendment would not eliminate pardons, but would restrict them to the 60 days before an election and the period between the gubernatorial election and inauguration so voters could weigh in. He cited high-profile pardons and commutations as examples and said the measure had previously been supported by law enforcement groups. Representative Lockard and another member expressed support, saying pardon power can be undemocratic and that the timing of mass pardons after elections is troubling. McDaniel said the 60-day window was chosen as a practical period for information to reach voters. No vote was taken on the bill, and the meeting adjourned after a visiting district judge was recognized.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Jun 21st, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- uses edibles to treat his pain and to treat the terror of growing older, but how he picked up the wrong
- In Colorado, drivers convicted of DUI had THC 10 times more often than sober drivers.
- Maybe I'm wrong; I'm certainly not an expert on it, but I would just push back a little bit on that to
- I get the wrong person. All right, thank you. Thanks, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
- It would really undermine the promises to social equity and righting the wrongs of the war on drugs if
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 25-10, House Bill 5002, titled “An Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy,” which would repeal Massachusetts’ adult-use cannabis legalization framework. Chairs Brendan Crighton and Kate Hogan outlined the Article 48 initiative process and explained that the committee is gathering testimony for a report to the legislature. The hearing was organized into expert, proponent, opponent, and public testimony, with written testimony accepted through March 27.
The first witness, Jessica Trow of MassBudget, testified in opposition to repeal and focused on cannabis-related revenue and social equity. She said legalization has generated nearly $2 billion statewide since adult-use sales began, with revenue flowing through the Marijuana Regulation Fund, the state sales tax, and local taxes and fees. She emphasized that funds support public health, the Cannabis Control Commission’s social equity work, the Cannabis Social Equity Fund, and municipal budgets, and argued that legalization has created pathways for communities harmed by prohibition. The petition’s spokesperson, Wendy Wakeman, argued in favor of repeal, saying legalization has worsened public health, safety, and quality of life, citing higher potency, addiction, youth use, impaired driving, workplace positives, and black-market concerns. Committee members questioned her about the data sources, the will of the voters, the role of paid signature gatherers, and the petition’s funding, including out-of-state and dark-money concerns.
Opponents of the initiative then testified that repeal would harm a regulated industry that has created jobs, tax revenue, and social equity opportunities. Caroline Pino of STEM, Kristen Rogers of Levia, Judith Ledbetter of Project De-Stigmatized Healthcare, and Armani White of Firehouse Dispensary/EON described their businesses, community investments, and personal reliance on cannabis, and warned that repeal would push consumers back to the illicit market and undermine equity programs. In public testimony, Lucas Thayer of the Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition and Jeff Rawson, a chemist and consumer protection advocate, also opposed the measure, arguing that regulated cannabis is safer than unregulated products and that repeal would damage investments and public safety. The hearing ended after the public testimony, and the committee voted to close the hearing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker Pro Tem, I would like to introduce the members, and I'm probably going to get this wrong, but
- Rejecting that kind of support sends the wrong message. For those reasons, I vote no.
- And I think that's wrong. And I think we should at least have some decency...
- And I think that's wrong.
- As a legislator who was raised in Salinas, California, a community deeply convicted and connected to
Summary:
The House convened, approved the journal, heard the prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and welcomed several guests and a Doctor of the Day. Members also adopted a proclamation honoring the people of Iran and heard a brief disturbance in the gallery that led to the sergeant-at-arms escorting a person out. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several Senate bills.
In Committee of the Whole, SB 1166 received a do pass recommendation without debate. SB 1184, a bill concerning flags that homeowners and condominium associations may not prohibit, drew debate over a proposed floor amendment by Rep. Villegas to add the pride flag to the protected list; the amendment was defeated 21-32 after division, and the bill then received a do pass recommendation. SB 1252 also received a do pass recommendation. The House later adopted the Committee of the Whole report, placing SB 1166, SB 1184, and SB 1252 on third reading. An additional Committee of the Whole was then used to amend SB 1092, which was reported out as amended and deferred to engrossing.
On third reading, SB 1020, a special license plate bill supporting the Arizona Space Commission and space-related education/workforce efforts, passed 35-21 with several members explaining votes in favor and against, including objections that a community college scholarship plate had not been heard. SB 1247, an emergency measure relating to health care institutions, passed 55-1 and met the two-thirds threshold. The House also concurred in Senate amendments to HB 2307, and later passed HB 2307 on final reading with the required emergency vote. The chamber also passed HB 2072 on final reading by a two-thirds margin after extensive debate over repealing Cesar Chavez Day in light of allegations of abuse and whether the day should instead be replaced with a farm worker recognition day. The House adjourned until Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- tighten up language and give a path. perhaps to individuals that may feel that they've been either wronged
- I speak today from both a personal conviction and a professional experience because I know how preserving
Keywords:
zoning, municipality, municipal immunity, governmental immunity, local government, Chapter 211, Texas Local Government Code, land use, declaratory relief, injunctive relief, mandamus, attorney's fees, court costs, property rights, home rule city, code enforcement, planning and zoning, land development, municipal ordinance, historic landmark
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/25/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Or am I reading it wrong? Uh Mr. Chair, uh members, it does.
- Or am<00:04:06.560>
I <00:04:06.640>reading <00:04:06.840>it <00:04:06.920>wrong - am I reading it wrong? Senator Schnell. am I reading it wrong? Senator Schnell.
- doubling for each subsequent conviction.
- doubling for each subsequent conviction.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- certain persons, such as a control person, has engaged in any unlawful business practice or been convicted
- From a policy standpoint, we respectfully suggest that this puts pressure in the wrong place.
- From a policy standpoint, we respectfully suggest that this puts pressure in the wrong place.
Keywords:
virtual currency, kiosks, money services business, regulation, financial services, consumer protection, cryptocurrency, registration, payment scams, task force, fraud prevention, property insurance, roofing requirements, inspector, insurance policies, homeowners insurance, roof age, residential structures, insurance renewal, investment
Summary:
The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1286 by Senator Wright. That bill expands the law enforcement recruitment bonus program to include firefighters, creates a DFS grant review panel for fire-related grants, and establishes an institute for PTSD and first-responder behavioral health. Testimony from fire chiefs and others supported the measure, and the committee reported it favorably.
The committee then considered several insurance and financial regulation bills. CS/SB 198 by Senator Rousan, as amended, regulates virtual currency kiosks with transaction limits, notice and receipt requirements, and OFR enforcement authority; witnesses described it as a needed anti-fraud measure, especially for seniors, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 772 by Senator Burgess, as amended, allows limited licenses for portable electronics and eyewear insurance, and CS/SB 1504 by Senator Claudio, as amended, creates a pathway for high school students to qualify for insurance customer representative licensure; both were reported favorably.
The committee also approved two cryptocurrency reserve bills by Senator Gruters: CS/SB 1038 creates the Florida Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve framework, and CS/SB 1040 creates the related trust fund; both received technical amendments and favorable reports. CS/SB 1440 by Senator Martin, as amended, creates public records exemptions and cybersecurity reporting provisions for financial institutions and related entities, and it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1668 by Senator Burton, which updates the NICA program’s funding and benefit structure, and CS/SB 570 by Senator Polsky, which creates a task force on payment scams, were both heard with supportive testimony and reported favorably. Senators later recorded additional affirmative votes on selected bills before the committee adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Wrongful arrest, wrongful conviction. I've seen all that, right?
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Ethics and Elections Mar 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THIS REMOVES LIQUIDS THAT WOULD'VE REQUIRED A CIRCULATOR TO BE CONVICTED IN A CRIMINAL CASE OF FRAUD
- Polsky: I GUESS THE DIFFERENCE IS NOW THERE IS A FINE SENDING IT TO THE WRONG COUNTY.
- IN THE BORDERS ARE CLOSE ANY LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE WHAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL SENDS IT TO THE WRONG
- Bernard: IF THEY SENT IT TO THE WRONG COUNTY THEY ARE SUBJECT TO A FINE.
- SUM BETWEEN 500 AND 750 PETITIONS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO PUT THE WRONG COUNTY DOWN.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- But it's just wrong what we're doing. It's wrong what this country is doing.
- track, the wrong way.
- You know, why... track, the wrong way.
- Well, right is right and wrong is wrong. Yes, sir. I believe that.
- And from that perspective, it is wrong if you're not going to treat it is wrong if you're not going to
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (01/14/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- can evaluate them to ensure that people working with children would be excluded if they had been convicted
- They currently evaluate convictions and use similar types of convictions when looking to exclude people
- <00:04:36.440>
yet <00:04:36.680>obviously offense but not convicted yet obviously - offense but not convicted yet obviously convictions<00:04:38.160>
what <00:04:38.280>if - > looking types of convictions when we're looking types of convictions when we're looking to<00:04
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/29/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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that they have a criminal conviction that they have a criminal conviction that - in the course of criminal conviction in the course of their<00:14:53.120>
life. - having some sort of criminal conviction having some sort of criminal conviction if<00:15:34.079>
- I apologize in advance if I<00:17:27.520>
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were.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 25, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me be clear, coercion is wrong. Negligence is wrong.
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If <00:49:14.640>a wrong. Negligence is wrong. If a wrong. - Negligence is wrong.
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is <01:30:50.080>wrong, coercion is wrong, negligence is wrong, coercion
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate Press Conference 4/15/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Ask Judge West, who let two convicted fraudsters run free.
- Convicted fraudsters ran free after they stole $7.2 million of the people's money.
- I'm not aware of any of them that have been convicted so far.
- <00:14:20.440>
of it's for people who've been convicted of it's for people who've been convicted - So, someone who's in convicted of fraud.
Summary:
Senator Steve Drazkowski and Representative Anderson held a press event promoting the bipartisan, bicameral “Take It Back Act,” a bill aimed at recovering taxpayer money lost to government fraud. They cited major Minnesota fraud cases, including medical assistance fraud, CCAP, and Feeding Our Future, and argued that the state has become a destination for fraud. They said the bill would impose a 100% tax or excise tax on money obtained through fraud, with proceeds deposited into a tax relief fund for income and property tax relief.
The sponsors said the measure is intended to create a stronger deterrent and to recover money even when criminal restitution or prosecutions do not fully recoup losses. They discussed examples of unrecovered funds, said the Department of Revenue could use criminal findings, data analytics, and IRS-sharing data to identify fraud, and noted that the bill includes an appeal process through tax court. They also said the current draft focuses on convicted fraudsters and people or organizations determined by the commissioner to have obtained money by fraud, while trying to avoid sweeping in innocent employees or others who were unaware of wrongdoing.
Anderson said the bill already has significant bipartisan support, including 11 House Democrats and Senator Rest, and that the House Tax Committee hearing is scheduled for April 30. He said the sponsors are working with the Department of Revenue on implementation and may revise the bill to make administration easier. The sponsors said they hope to move the bill through the House and Senate this session, and they closed by encouraging the press to review the fraud website they referenced, mnfraudfiles.com.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- But us they have father was arrested, convicted for a child abuse and later deported back to Guatemala
- child welfare system while protecting both vulnerable children and well-intentioned parents from wrongful
- families will benefit from these trailblazers by passing Patterson's law to protect children from a wrongful
- Vulnerable children are protected while also preventing the wrongful separation of families.
- I want to just say that it takes a big person to it when something is wrong and it takes courage to fix
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 2521 would clarify Minnesota's post-conviction relief statute by allowing individuals who
- receive the stay of adjudication not just for the those with prior convictions to petition the court
- , and the statute specifically says "conviction."
- The definition of conviction and immigration law is different than it is under state law.
- relief, and post-conviction relief has not— Post-conviction relief has existed for a long time within
Bills:
HF2233, HF1999, HF1995, HF1614, HF2781, HF1775, HF1316, HF2127, HF2521, HF689, HF2380, HF1273
Keywords:
Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Local Government (11-20-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- A collapse, an explosion, a rescue gone wrong. But today, the numbers tell a different story.
- 37:51.440>
gone collapse, an explosion, a rescue gone collapse, an explosion, a rescue gone wrong - But today, the numbers tell a wrong. But today, the numbers tell a different<00:37:54.160>
story. - Currently, all 50 states collect DNA for felony conviction.
- collect DNA for felony conviction. collect DNA for felony conviction. 31<00:48:47.119>
collect
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the October 21 minutes, and then heard a KO presentation focused on county jail funding pressures. KO leaders and county judges said jail costs have become a statewide crisis, noting that county general fund contributions to jail budgets have risen sharply since 2019. They said the organization’s sole legislative priority this session is to “reshape the shared responsibility” for county jails through three main proposals: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and changing the model for housing state inmates.
On regional jails, KO proposed one-time state construction help for new or expanded regional facilities, allowing former county jails to become 96-hour holdover facilities, changing regional jail authority boards so each participating county jailer can serve, increasing the closed-jail supplement, and offering a one-time payment to counties that close a jail and join a regional plan. On pre-trial felony detainees, Judge Mosley argued counties bear the full cost for people held before trial, sometimes for years, and said counties should be reimbursed for time served credit when those inmates are later sentenced. On state inmates, KO said the current per diem of $35.34 is below the average daily county jail cost of $63.44, and proposed a new contract model requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs while counties provide agreed programming such as substance use treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academic programming.
Members asked about the fiscal impact of the package, the feasibility of regional jail population thresholds, and whether the proposal could affect counties’ ability to house federal inmates. KO said regionalization should remain a local decision, that a bill draft and fiscal note were being developed, and that only certain jails are eligible to house federal inmates under existing agreements. Representative Maddox also asked about social media comments by Judge Mosley regarding homeschooling; Mosley said the remarks were unrelated to KO and apologized for any offense. Senator Mills asked what counties would do with savings from jail costs, and judges said the money would likely go to local services such as roads, ambulance service, senior programs, parks, economic development, infrastructure, broadband, and water projects.