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The Hartmann Report

Restoring Rights to Formerly Incarcerated Citizens

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Congress, Economics, Climate Change, The Hartmann Report, Debate, Democracy, America, Thom Hartmann, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Guest host Jefferson Smith of the Democracy Nerd Podcast sits in for Thom Hartmann today and speaks with Desmond Meade, Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. Why did Florida give ex-felons the right to vote and then the state arrested them for it?  Also Derek Black of the University of South Carolina Law School warns that public education is under assault...why it matters.

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0:28.3

This is the Tom Harbin program.

0:49.4

Some of us live perfect lives. We have made mistakes, we haven't heard anybody.

0:55.3

We've set our objectives and fulfilled them.

0:59.7

We've had minor trials and tribulations, but nothing really significant.

1:04.7

We've always followed the rules, we've never broken one.

1:07.4

Or if we did, it was just a tiny one we didn't get caught.

1:10.6

That's true for some of us. It's not true for me.

1:15.1

It's not true for a lot of people I know who have had more than a few trials and tribulations

1:21.1

who've caused their own, who have caused harm, who have broken rules, who have been not just a

1:28.4

little imperfect. What do we do about those people? What is their place? What is our place

1:37.3

in democracy? What is our place in discussion? What is our place in voting?

1:41.9

What is our place in polite society?

1:44.3

What is the role for scarlet letters? What is the role for shunning and shaming?

1:50.8

What is the role for perpetual punishment? How do you maintain accountability?

1:56.3

We'll also allowing pathways for redemption.

2:00.4

This is a lasting set of questions.

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