RM90: VA Takes A Second Bite At The Apple

RM90 comes online this week with a disturbing due process violation in which Virginia is going to try to civilly commit Galen Baughman. Ashley Cloud, the staff attorney for Liberty and Justice Coalition, joins us for a discussion about Galen’s situation. She then walks us through a newly signed bill in New York. Ashley leaves us to then tackle the other items. First off is a man in California is mistaken for someone on the registry, and gets beaten for this resemblance; A quick mention about a registrant focused podcast called Pariah Nation; Progressive prosecutors respond to US AG Barr’s comments being anti-law enforcement; Mississippi is trying really hard to be worse than Alabama prisons; Cash bond system in Wisconsin keeps those with few means behind bars; California Governor Newsom signs police use of force reform bill into law; Homeless in Los Angeles are being given fewer options of where to exist; Guy Hamilton Smith is on The Takeaway from WNYC; Scalia seems to go against his own core beliefs; Arizona sets a high threshold for ankle monitors – don’t pay, go to jail.

[5:00] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/23/arlington-judge-must-decide-if-nonviolent-sex-offender-should-stay-incarcerated-after-serving-his-sentence/

[35:30] https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s2836/amendment/c

[53:10] https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/18/us/child-predator-mistaken-identity-trnd/index.html

[1:00:00] https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/pariahnation

[1:02:00] https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457881-current-and-former-prosecutors-respond-to-barrs-concerning-comments

[1:05:40] https://www.propublica.org/article/some-of-the-countrys-worst-prisons-have-escaped-justice-department-action
https://www.propublica.org/article/leakesville-south-mississippi-correctional-institution-prison-gangs

[1:10:25] https://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/in-depth/news/2019/08/20/cash-bond-system-wisconsin-keeps-poor-behind-bars-minor-offenses/1139238001/

[1:17:20] https://www.courthousenews.com/newsom-signs-use-of-force-reform-into-law-in-california/

[1:25:45] https://laist.com/2019/08/22/los-angeles-homeless-sit-lie-sleep-law.php

[1:33:00] https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/inequity-sex-offender-registries

[1:34:00] Justice Scalia – I am not a strict constructionist

[1:40:10] https://theappeal.org/in-one-arizona-county-pay-for-your-ankle-monitor-or-go-to-jail/