Video & Transcript Research : 'wrongful convictions'

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US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, August 19, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Manifest in us the ability to hold in tension the disagreement of others and our own convictions with
  • others and tension the disagreement of others and our<00:06:31.919> own<00:06:33.120> convictions
  • our own convictions with grace. our own convictions with grace.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, why would you pay a $50,000 fine if you've done nothing wrong?
  • for the charges related. were convicted for the charges related.
  • > there<00:14:15.199> must<00:14:15.440> be<00:14:15.519> some nothing wrong
  • So, there must be some nothing wrong? So, there must be some substance<00:14:16.079> there.
  • , but since we're statutoily wrong, but since we're statutoily established<02:04:46.320> to<02
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the June 9 minutes, then reviewed a deferred personnel contract involving workers’ compensation claims administration. Staff explained that the roughly $50 million figure included about $48 million for claims payments and up to $1.45 million per year for administrative services, with billing based on a fee schedule for specific services rendered. Senator Meredith raised concerns about the vendor’s history, the scoring and bid process, and prior allegations involving the company; the administration responded that the procurement had been conducted under 45A through open competition, with outside scorers and no finding of wrongdoing tied to this contract. Meredith moved to disapprove Contract 167, Hart seconded, and the committee voted 5-2 to disapprove it. The committee then deferred a Western Kentucky University personal services contract because the vendors were still not registered with the Secretary of State’s office. Hart moved to defer the contract until the August 2026 meeting, Meredith seconded, and the motion carried. The committee also approved the agenda covering the various contract lists and deferred items. Next, the committee heard from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on several personal services contracts for medical staffing and related services. Secretary Steven Stack and staff explained that staffing shortages often require outside vendors, that the contracts were competitively bid under 45A, and that the cabinet uses a streamlined vendor pool for specialized needs such as actuaries, auditors, and technical consultants. The committee approved Contracts 52 through 55 without objection. Discussion then began on Contract 61, with Meredith expressing concern that the committee lacked enough detail to judge whether the services could be performed in-house or whether the exchange of resources was appropriate; Stack said the contract was intended to provide efficient access to specialized outside expertise. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on Contract 61 is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And tell me why I'm wrong. Well, Mr.
  • The amendment is wrong on the system.
  • Correct me if I'm wrong, again, the bill says that a regulatory authority, that would be a city ...
  • did something wrong or you built it wrong, can't they?
  • The reality is it's wrong, and what we're...
Bills: HB1500, HJR7, HJR112, HB34, HB133, HB 112, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB132, HB2756, HB166, HB406, HB186, HB271, HB331, HB380, HB1583, HB1584, HB1819, HB621, HB303, HB552, HB366, HB463, HB 1211, HB1327, HB1461, HB923, HB1760, HB2043, HB2467, HB5333, HB5265, HB1592, HB1576, HB1552, HB2018, HB3511, HB1781, HB2013, HB2340, HB2349, HB2508, HB2970, HB2520, HB865, HB2851, HB3385, HB3336, HB3529, HB3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB1397, HB4236, HB1804, HB1926, HB4041, HB1965, HB1964, HB2679, HB2730, HB3698, HB3699, HCR77, HB3354, HB163, HB201, HB272, HB333, HB405, HB519, HB569, HB654, HB694, HB791, HB 1006, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB1437, HB1532, HB1675, HB1842, HB1868, HB1888, HB1894, HB1943, HB1990, HB2029, HB2061, HB2286, HB2523, HB2622, HB2626, HB2652, HB2692, HB2842, HB2885, HB2914, HB3016, HB3096, HB3129, HB3248, HB3251, HB3255, HB3479, HB3611, HB3623, HB3701, HB3724, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3810, HB3816, HB3832, HB3887, HB4127, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131, HB4163, HB4187, HB4229, HB4238, HB4454, HB4588, HB4643, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HB5616, SB767, SB1619, SB1738, HJR5, HJR2, HB1399, HB388, HB 114, HB205, HB2789, HB2791, HB499, HB2960, HB3163, HB3135, HB2427, HB1672, HB1722, HB2618, HB879, HB 1126, HB4134, HB3513, HB1445, HB1893, HB1734, HB3229, HB3306, HB 1276, HB3516, HB4145, HB1585, HB4810, HB2558, HB2742, HB1695, HB33, HB144, HB 109, HB 103, HB148, HB3809, HB2217, HB220, HB2421, HB2363, HB421, HB2455, HB3711, HB2559, HB2775, HB3126, HB3666, HB3595, HB3260, HB3376, HB3826, HB3770, HB1831, HB2614, HB3113, HB322, HB431, HB869, HB 1203, HB 1244, HB1875, HB1950, HB2152, HB2341, HB2809, HB2856, HB3012, SB1415, SB1058, SB487, SB1499, SB513, SB1697, SB1197, SB1437, SB1809, SB836, SB1879, SB1145, SB963, SB1038, SB1147, SB914, SB711, SB1409, HB3707, HB589, HB1360, HB2337, HB2391, HB718, HB23, HB2436, HB1500, HJR7, HJR112, HB34, HB133, HB 112, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB132, HB2756, HB166, HB406, HB186, HB271, HB331, HB380, HB1583, HB1584, HB1819, HB621, HB303, HB552, HB366, HB463, HB 1211, HB1327, HB1461, HB923, HB1760, HB2043, HB2467, HB5333, HB5265, HB1592, HB1576, HB1552, HB2018, HB3511, HB1781, HB2013, HB2340, HB2349, HB2508, HB2970, HB2520, HB865, HB2851, HB3385, HB3336, HB3529, HB3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB1397, HB4236, HB1804, HB1926, HB4041, HB1965, HB1964, HB2679, HB2730, HB3698, HB3699, HB3354, HB163, HB201, HB272, HB333, HB405, HB519, HB569, HB654, HB694, HB791, HB 1006, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB1437, HB1532, HB1675, HB1842, HB1868, HB1888, HB1894, HB1943, HB1990, HB2029, HB2061, HB2286, HB2523, HB2622, HB2626, HB2652, HB2692, HB2842, HB2885, HB2914, HB3016, HB3096, HB3129, HB3248, HB3251, HB3255, HB3479, HB3611, HB3623, HB3701, HB3724, HB3803, HB3804, HB3805, HB3806, HB3810, HB3816, HB3832, HB3887, HB4127, HB4129, HB4130, HB4131, HB4163, HB4187, HB4229, HB4238, HB4454, HB4588, HB4643, HB4736, HB4738, HB4739, HB4945, HB5015, HB5616, SB767, SB1619, SB1738, HCR77
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/7/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a right and a wrong issue. It's basic biology.
  • We can make wrong laws, and we have some wrong not just that. It's not about this.
  • This is a right and a wrong issue. It's a basic biology.
  • We can make wrong laws and we have some wrong Laws in Minnesota right now.
  • Wrong, wrong, Representative Long. You don't get to decide for me.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2282 helps shift that cost. ...and back to the convicted defendant where it belongs.
  • The bill also clarifies that being convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony conviction disqualifies an
  • Lastly, the Secretary of Justice... a report on individuals with misdemeanor theft or felony convictions
  • For voter registration purposes, only felony convictions impact voter eligibility.
  • HB 2637 separates the two convictions on the disqualification list so clerks can report the necessary
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 3rd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • for those we serve unwavering conviction for those we serve unwavering conviction for those we serve
  • rickwood removed don't get me wrong rickwood removed don't get me wrong rickwood Caverns is a beautiful
  • is wrong and I don't care who it wrong is wrong and I don't care who it wrong is wrong and I don't care
  • let's sit down legislator that's wrong let's sit down legislator that's wrong let's sit down and look
  • or to say to them put the phone wrong or to say to them put the phone wrong or to say to them put the
Bills: HB 9, HB 22, HB 908, HB 1392
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Jul 7th, 2025

Banking and Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was nothing wrong with my HVAC. They came down and said, 'You have a real big problem.
  • needing to get a license in the first place, not having a bond, not having leaders of the company be convicted
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • trouble with. from 2016 through about 2018, finally got indicted and then And they ended up being convicted
  • I want to just say I'm in strong support of HB 1151, a critical bill that protects parents from wrongful
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State SNAP program established 3/25/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We even have SNAP fraud cases here in Minnesota that have led to convictions.
  • We even have SNAP fraud cases here in Minnesota that have led to convictions.
  • We even have SNAP fraud cases here in Minnesota that have led to convictions.
  • We even have SNAP fraud cases here in Minnesota that have led to convictions.
  • We even have SNAP fraud cases here in Minnesota that have led to convictions.
Keywords: 1183, house
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 23 March, 2026; 4:00 PM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill allows judicial assessments, or our conviction assessments, on all misdemeanors of $25 and
  • This bill allows judicial assessments, or our conviction assessments, on all misdemeanors of $25 and
  • <00:12:05.400> assessments,<00:12:05.960> on<00:12:06.200> all or our conviction
  • assessments, on all or our conviction assessments, on all misdemeanors<00:12:07.120> of<00:12
  • They're asking for the similar conviction assessments on all of their misdemeanor and DUI's.
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed a quorum, dispensed with reading of the journal, and received no reports from select committees or resolutions. Members then recognized several guests, including the JPS Tougaloo Early College High School Mock Trial Team, which was congratulated for its performance in the Magnolia Bar Association Mock Trial competition, along with Gayla Carver Sanders and Judge Crystal Wise Martin. The chamber then took up a series of local and county bills on the calendar, all of which were advanced by the usual motions and passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. House Bill 4080 authorized Jackson County to contribute $5,000 to the Junior Auxiliary program; HB 4110 created a trust fund for Oktibbeha County related to the sale of medical property; HB 4111 and HB 4135 authorized conviction assessments in Perry County and Waynesboro, respectively, for justice court building maintenance; HB 4115 extended a Hattiesburg lease to 30 years; HB 4130 created the Yazoo County Economic and Industrial Development Authority, with an amendment changing “partnership” to “alliance”; and HB 4134 created an industrial zone emergency response district for Lowndes County. Each bill passed with little or no debate, with vote totals ranging from 115 to 119 yeas and zero nays. After the bills, the Clerk reported no announcements, and members made several notices, including a Capitol Prayer Group meeting, BEAM office hours for broadband grant information, and a joint Public Utilities/Senate Energy hearing on the MSWiNS system. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 10:00 a.m. the next day.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you are convicted, you can be ordered to repay the cost of your indigent defense attorney.
  • from the deep end of the system and deal with them on the front end without necessarily needing a conviction
  • or perhaps a deferred conviction, where you can basically enter an agreement with the prosecutor that
  • ...the deep end of the system and deal with them on the front end without necessarily needing a conviction
  • or perhaps a deferred conviction, where you can basically enter an agreement with the prosecutor that
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices. HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover. The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026

Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it going to come up on the— Well, you're asking the wrong guy.
  • And are those decisions right, wrong? And again, that's just an opinion.
  • Catherine, correct me if I'm wrong, please. That is correct.
  • Did I call on the wrong person? When you say Karen, we both look. Was that your hand?
  • Did I call on the wrong person? When you say Karen, we both look. Oh, oh. I did.
Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:03 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But my conviction to serve my community was so strong I did it anyway.
  • And like you said, we do it because we love our constituents, because we have deep convictions for the
  • Because when I was looking at teachers, now I may be wrong. I'm not a teacher.
  • But I don't think there's anything wrong with having people that are not young either.
  • If you voted the wrong way, they took away capital outlay back in the day.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (03/05/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative, you might be on the wrong bill. This bill is 206. This is the wrong bill.
  • It's called the Open Fields Doctrine. wrong bill is wrong bill is 206<00:45:47.839> um<00:45:48.319
  • consequences, you know, including potentially penalizing an overprotective parent with a criminal conviction
  • divorced parent drops their child off two hours after they were supposed to, and I can see in the wrong
  • divorced parent drops their child off two hours after they were supposed to, and I can see, in the wrong
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 3, February 11, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And a follow-on question to that, could you end up being convicted of absconding without being convicted
  • convicted of theft as in that example, but is convicted under absconding.
  • of absconding without being convicted of absconding without being convicted<01:13:43.160> of<
  • Is is convicted of the original charge?
  • convicted under absconding. convicted under absconding.
Keywords: 916, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Local and Private - Room 210, 24 March, 2026; 10:45 AM

Local and Private

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is authorizing the Board of Supervisors to now assess the court cost on convictions in the amount
  • not to exceed $25 for any conviction obtained in the Justice Court, County Court, Circuit Court of Prentiss
  • It is also not to exceed $50 on any conviction of a DUI. I'm happy to answer any questions.
  • This is simply conviction of a DUI. conviction of a DUI.
Summary: The committee took up a long list of local and special-purpose bills, mostly involving county or municipal utility districts, repealers on local taxes, and small local appropriations. Early actions included House Bill 2210 for Bolivar County, creating a utility district in Choctaw for sewer operations and maintenance, and Senate Bill 3408, which by committee substitute renamed the Yazoo economic partnership to the Yazoo Economic Alliance and clarified its economic and industrial development powers. Members asked whether the Yazoo entity already existed and whether it could own property; the sponsor said it was already in statute and the change was primarily a name update with added flexibility to share and contribute funds to projects. Both bills passed without opposition. The committee also approved Senate Bill 3409 for Lowndes County, authorizing the Mississippi Industrial Fire and Rescue District to serve as the site of a megasite around the Golden Triangle Regional Airport Authority. Other local measures passed included House Bill 1599 extending Brandon’s prepared-food sales tax repealer for tourism and parks, House Bill 1811 for Noxubee County extending justice court assessment repealers for county capital improvements, and several Humphreys County bills authorizing one-time contributions to the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation and the Belzoni Humphreys Development Foundation. Additional bills extended or renewed local tourism, parks, and recreation taxes in Belzoni, Oakland, Ripley, Southaven, and Fulton, and authorized or extended local court-cost assessments in Prentiss County. Later, the committee approved House Bill 1870 for Bolivar County, creating a sewer district and allowing the county to operate it, noting it duplicated the earlier Senate bill at the senator’s request. It also passed House Bill 1887 authorizing a $5,000 contribution to the Benevolent Protection of the Elks World Hill Lodge, House Bill 4000 for Grenada allowing construction, acquisition, and maintenance of wastewater collection and treatment systems, and House Bill 4112 for Tupelo restoring funds for the Northeast Mississippi Regional Wastewater District after an unintended consequence of a prior grocery tax change. Finally, Senate Bill 3410 was added off-agenda to authorize Brandon and the West Rankin utility system to enter into an agreement with a local operator for use of treated water for industrial purposes; a member asked who would approve the contract, and the sponsor said the board and city would approve it. All measures discussed were reported out or passed, generally by unanimous or voice vote, with no recorded opposition.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (06/12/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if I know mandating this takes away every citizen's right to vote, which is wrong, the legislature
  • offender is required to report to the police department and to register once the person has been convicted
  • . even if for some reason convicted. even if for some reason sentencing<02:03:23.679> isn't<02
  • 02:27:54.800> go reason for the phrase, "What could go reason for the phrase, "What could go wrong
  • wrong?" wrong?"
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/16/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Convictions, people can get it wrong.
  • wrong words. wrong words. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes.
  • Like, I just did something wrong.
  • Like, I just did something wrong.
  • . wrong. wrong.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 1651, which would create a civil sexual assault protective order for survivors who do not have a domestic violence or stalking relationship with the offender, and would also update the sexual assault survivors’ bill of rights regarding evidence kit retention and tracking. Representative Jennifer Rhodes, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to fill gaps for survivors assaulted by strangers, acquaintances, or others outside existing protective-order categories, and to ensure evidence is preserved for the longer of the statute of limitations or the retention period. Committee members asked whether the new order could be misused and how the bill would prevent frivolous petitions; the sponsor said the same legal process would apply and a victim would still have to prove they were actually assaulted. Representative Eileen Kelly and Lynn Shallet of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence testified in support, saying current law leaves many sexual assault survivors without a meaningful civil remedy unless they qualify for domestic violence or stalking relief. Shallet said the gap has existed for decades and noted that other states already have standalone sexual assault protective orders. She also said the bill would clarify survivors’ rights to know the status and location of their evidence kits. Shauna Foster of New Beginnings Without Violence and Abuse described local cases where survivors were denied protective orders because they lacked the required relationship with the offender, including a co-worker assault and an assault involving an unhoused survivor. Lisa Curtis, a survivor and founder of Safe Haven Ballet, gave emotional testimony in support, describing her own sexual assault and the difficulty of seeking protection and justice. She said survivors need safety to recover and that the bill would better align the justice system with trauma-informed support. Janet Carroll, a sexual assault nurse examiner and advisory board co-chair, testified that the bill’s evidence-kit provisions reflect federal changes and existing tracking practices. She explained that New Hampshire uses a kit tracking system that lets patients and professionals follow kits through the process, and said the bill would codify the right to be informed of a kit’s status and location. No vote was taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I say this with conviction: insurance instability for contingent faculty robs our students of fully
  • But I say this with conviction.<00:56:59.520> Insurance<00:57:00.000> instability<00:57
  • :00.640> for conviction.
  • Insurance instability for conviction.
  • and you can't go wrong with any of<01:12:46.480> them<01:12:46.800> or<01:12:47.040>
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Article II Feb 25th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Article II

Transcript Highlights:
  • that that some numbers will go up some will go down yeah I can't speak to who's gonna be right or wrong
  • of those two numbers and I'm sorry I didn't mean to put you in a position of saying who's right and wrong
  • I mean, it provides a location, don't get me wrong.
  • All our clients are sexually violent predators, all have been convicted of at least two sexually violent
  • McLean mentioned, the individuals to whom we are required to provide services have all been convicted
Keywords: 1184, house, all