From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Arrest Records and the expanding movement to ban the box.

Hello again, I'm Armonalmi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans get about most. After 20 years of being tough on crime, local cops have arrested almost one-third

of all Americans. Their records are easily available to banks, college officials, and prospective

employers, even when their crimes were minor or they were never charged. Now, 60 cities and 12 states have laws

that ban the box on application forms asking, have you ever been arrested? We'll hear what that

means for the individuals involved, for employers fearing lawsuits for making mistakes, and for

public safety. Today's talking point, Islamic terrorism in Iraq, homegrown in Britain.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon, I'll be back with To The Point. Target, Walmart, and Bedbeth, and Beyond are among the companies that no longer ask job applicants if they've ever been

arrested. We'll hear why the ban the box movement is spreading across the country. Today's

talking point, the masked executioner of American journalist James Foley had a London accent. We'll hear

how Britons are coping with the role of their countrymen in a vicious form of terrorism.

First this news update, Dr. Kent Brantley, the medical missionary who contracted Ebola in West

Africa, was released today from the infectious disease unit at Emory University in Atlanta.

He told reporters he was thrilled to be alive.

Through the care of the Samaritans purse and S-I-M missionary team in Liberia,

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