The Bitter Reality Of Tennessee's Mandatory Minimums
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🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The second public January 6th hearing was yesterday. The House committee focused on the lie that the election was stolen and how that fueled the attack on the Capitol.
A 16-year-old was essentially sentenced to life in prison in 1996 under Tennessee’s harsh criminal justice system. Our very own Josie Duffy Rice shares her work that follows the story of Almeer Nance, who was sentenced to 51 years in prison for felony murder despite never having pulled the trigger.
In headlines: Ohio pursues a 'more guns' approach to fighting gun violence in schools, the Supreme Court issued five rulings, and Jennifer Hudson reached EGOT status.
And we interview Taegen Meyer, executive director of Trans Lifeline, to discuss how attacks on trans rights have led to a spike in the number of folks looking for help.
Show Notes:
- “51 Years Behind Bars” by Josie Duffy Rice on Al-Jazeera – https://bit.ly/3NTzeX0
- Trans Lifeline – https://translifeline.org/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday June 14th, I'm Treville Anderson. |
| 0:09.1 | And I'm Josie Duffy Rice and this is What A Day. |
| 0:11.6 | Reminding you that a stock market downturn is a stock market upturn if you rotate your |
| 0:16.6 | computer by 180 degrees. |
| 0:18.5 | Sorry to all the people who have lost money, that seems bad. |
| 0:22.8 | But if you turn your computer upside down, your money comes back. |
| 0:27.2 | Does it? |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, the Supreme Court issued a number of rulings, including one that's |
| 0:34.4 | a huge blow to immigrants facing deportation. |
| 0:37.0 | Plus an organizer tells us about the fear and anxiety that recent anti-trans state laws |
| 0:41.4 | are causing in the trans community. |
| 0:43.1 | It's not just this one moment that is overwhelming. |
| 0:47.1 | It's all of these different pieces which are tying into one another. |
| 0:51.0 | Yes, yes, yes. |
| 0:52.0 | But first, let's do a quick info blast of what to know from the House Committee's |
| 0:56.0 | continuing investigation into the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. |
| 1:01.6 | Monday morning was hearing number two. |
| 1:03.8 | To recap hearing number one from last week, they basically forecasted a promise to lay |
| 1:07.7 | out an explicit detail that Donald Trump knew his claims of election fraud relies, that |
| 1:12.2 | he incited the insurrection and that he did nothing while it was happening to protect |
| 1:16.5 | the Capitol. |
| 1:17.5 | I guess tweeting is no longer protection. |
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