. >> the judge congratulated me for successful expungement. i remember he was warm with me. i was on cloud 9. >> reporter: today key players in the county justice system gathered to say the system is not moving fast enough. in 16 months santa clara county has only expunged 500 cases. >> we've been walking down this path toward justice for a while and i think now we want to pick up the pace and start to run. >> reporter: the santa clara public defender molly o'neill said 10,000 convicts likely qualify for review going back to the 1970s. the challenge now is to get the word out quickly to them so they can erase their convictions and get on with their lives. >> convictions like these are barriers to employment, housing, student aid. it's huge. once you get that off your record you can move on, get back into the community and workforce and be a tax paying society member. >> reporter: assembly members say there's a bill moving through the assembly now to require courts to move more quickly to expunge the cases calling it a social justice issue. >> it demands we clear the record o

is expungement of enough and what other things -- is expungement enough and what are other things we need to think about with legalization and how we use those funds and how that affects these communities that have been ravaged by the drug war. >> they have done expungement clinics up and down the west coast where we pay for the legal fees associated with getting your record expunged. in a state like colorado you can't get your record expunged and less you incurred them as a minor. otherwise you can do record ceiling. if ucla record -- if you seal a record, if it is cannabis you are better off keeping that up your record. i have been disappointed in colorado and denver and how we spent our tax money. firstly get swindled into voting for legalization based on the first $40 million going to school construction. on the surface it sounds great, but where we need money in schools is in teacher salaries and school supplies. [applause] which is not happening. that money is not going there. it is going to contractors that are being overpaid to do capital projects for schools that don't need

or understand i don't know if i had a record i would know what to do to go out to get expunged. so to make that information more public for those who are willing to give their time to make this happen it is costly we cannot always say there isn't money so we can't do that but we have to build that into policy and legislation across the state to make that happen because it's just unfair people who may have been caught for possession decades ago today that would be legal and overwhelmingly those populations are black and brown men and the effect that has on communities is compounding over the years if we don't do something about it. >> i will jump in because i know washington d.c. we had a second realm of accessory applications that opened up. it would allow extra points for those that are minority participants. and as a great way to create equity in our program because there is a difference between different applicants. you do meet different handicaps because of our challenges now people that qualify being discounted now they established the industry now they are excluded. washin

region as well, the people rom myanmar and over 700,000 rohingya people who have fled in the face of expunges and government forces. in syria, bashar al-assad's military butchers its own citizens and uses chemical weapons without regard for international law. i just want to join with my colleagues today in remembering these and remembering to ensure that these lessons are never forgotten. but more important, if we could make sure they are never repeated. i just want to sincerely thank my colleague, congresswoman ann wagner for her leadership on this issue, her tenacity and continued fight to help these people who are the most needy, who have just been victimized in our society and across our country and world. i want to thank you for including me tonight, very special for me to especially recognize the bosnians as my, it's a long part of my history and my heart and sympathy go to these wovenderful people who suffered unfairly. i want to say thank you again to ms. wagner, representative, for your great leadership on this issue and i yield back my time. ms. wagner: i thank the gentlelady for he

if i had a record i don't know what i would do to go out there and get it expunged. i think putting resources behind making that information more public, putting groups together who are willing to give their time in order to make this happen. it is costly. and we cannot always say that, there is no money, so we cannot do it. we've got to build that into our policies and legislation across the states to make that happen. it is just unfair that people who may have been caught for todayion decades ago, that would be legal and overwhelmingly those populations are black and brown men. the impact that has him communities will just keep compounding over the years if we do not do something about it. >> i am going to jump in there, weause in washington d.c. had a second round of dispensary applications that opened up and they allowed minority participants. i think that is a great example of a way that we could start to create some equity in our program. because there is a difference between different applicants. because of our challenges, we do need different handicaps and a

of -- allow expungement for marijuana offenses. so there is actually quite a bit of movement on the hill right now, and i think it has to do with a lot of the same reason that john boehner is now an adviser on a marijuana company, it's -- the politicians keep their fingers to the wind pretty closely and they see that this is going to be a big deal, and, you know, that they have the political will behind them to do something without a lot of backlash. >> let's move on to mary in martinsville, virginia. good morning, mary. >> go >> -- >> caller: good morning. i oppose expanding the laws. can you expound on the difference of decriminalization and legalization? >> did you hear any of that. decriminalization versus legalization. >> decriminalization, for example, in a lot of places makes marijuana not a felony offense. like in d.c., if you're caught smoking in public, you're smoking marijuana in public, you just get a $25 or $50 ticket. that is decriminalization. legalization means that the police can't do anything to you if you're stay

bills including bill reform, silva saysments mitigation, expanded protections through ban the box, expungement relief and strengthening pretrial services. during her time with the city and county, karen received an award from the san francisco human rights commission and the end of trenches award from the senior offenders project. i've been impressed with her skill and her transition will be a loss to the re-entry counsel and her route to change the system and existing racial disparities. that says, the lawyers committee for civil rights is definitely gaining an asset. karen, on behalf of the entire board of supervisors, i want to thank you for your strong moral compass to always do the right thing. for those who are most in need. your commitment to human and civil rights, your warm women coming and friendly smile and equally as warm perso personalid your generous personality that continues to give us and make us a more just society. i will miss working with you and i hope to work with you on future projects as i know you will continue doing your good works. thank you so much, karen. [ applaus

some district attorneys in the state are expunging people's previous marijuana convictions. that's a big deal. there's -- in alameda county, alameda county district attorney says she is going to proactively look at people's previous felonies and misdemeanors, expunged misdemeanors and knock the felony convictions down to a misdemeanor level and that will be a big deal for a lot of people who have been suffering from the effects of the drug war. >> okay. darwin graham, we appreciate your time. full article that he has in the east bay express. thank you for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >>> people in the trump administration apparently worried that the president's personal lawyer may flip and work with authorities. we will look into those fears and that possibility coming up next. >>> facebook can't turn away from a class action lawsuit for using a facial recognition process. i'm bret bret in new york. i'll have the details coming up. (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door

they said now they have to get their records expunged.they are in the system because they were processed even though they let them go. >> yeah. you can wipe out the memory of being in jail for nine hours. you can wipe out the memory of having to get your record expunged. you can't wipe out the memory of that video going out because they will forever be known as those two black men in the video. >> what do we do? >> we can't talk about this as if it is a starbucks issue. this is an american issue. until white people are willing to participate like the white woman who took the video did, we are still going to be here. we will be here in a year talking about another coffee shop. >> you know had he we talk about, right we are race baiters instead of informing people from our own experience that it happens. i'm sick of, that you are race baiters. en every time i have a group of african-americans on, if there are no people who are not of color i get what is this, bet? why don't you get some diversi. i'm like do you watch cable. i'm like you sho

to expunge this mysterious thing by thank you very much for a time you for coming to our program the only this is going to be if you break the difficult conversation probably so i'm sorry i apologize in advance if some of my questions might seem insensitive as far as i know treasonous in the days of your son you will with him at the hospital he basically died in your hands but i will post in your arms and that right after that you publicly blamed russia for his death for the who or what made you change your opinion on this issue. i kept on i was in this situation i kept thinking again and again and eventually i came to a conclusion you know nothing can change my opinion and would never do anything like that. to put it right was and i'm sorry for interrupting with your go but i so we know that your son or blamed accused putting up with the there were some serious accusations he said that pussy was behind the russian apartment bombings. behind the nine eleven attacks in the united states these are serious accusations why do you think that russian intelligence services you or maybe poli

. >> even if the charges get expunged or relieved, it does follow you for the rest of your life. >> reporter: helen gimm is a philadelphia city councilwoman. >> starbucks is an example and an indicator of what is happening all across the city of philadelphia and across the country frankly. >> reporter: today a video idrfaced on twitter that was shot in january, showing police in los angeles confronting a black man who was denied access to a starbucks' bathroom after a white man was given the code. neither had bought anything from the chain. >> what did i do? i just tried to use the bathroom like you did, and they gave it to you. th reporter: and before they come forward to speak, the yet to-be identified men who were firested here said through their attorney, they want to see real change in the way starbucks lindles people like them. in the meantime, jeff, we should note that police commissioner richard ross continues to stand tihind the actions of his officers. >> glor: all right. michelle miller in philadelphia, thank you. florida senator bill nelson is calling for an investigation after l

doing in terms of implementing the law and giving people a second chance and having their records expunged we are looking at a vote in march. and there's so many cities dropping -- >> reporter: months ago his case was transferred. his felony was knock down to a misdemeanor and four years later his life is back on track. he got a job at green rush consulting in oakland. he helps businesses get marijuana licenses. he told us his cannabis conviction was actually a resume' booster. >> you know, you look at yourself in the mirror and say i'm a good person. i made a mistake. big deal. tomorrow is a new day. i'm going to live a better life. >> a bill is working through the legislature requiring district attorneys to go back and reduce or clear cannabis convictions in closed cases. of course, that's what some district attorneys are already doing on their own. in the newsroom, brooks jarosz, ktvu fox 2 news. >> brooks, obviously this is a slow process here. but is there anything that someone who has been convicted of having cannabis do anything to speed up the process here? >> reporter: they certai

doing in terms of implementing the law and giving people a second chance and having their records expungedare looking at a vote in march. and there's so many cities dropping -- >> reporter: months ago his case was transferred. his felony was knock down to a misdemeanor and four years -- his felony was knocked down to a misdemeanor and four years later his life is back on track. he got a job at green rush consulting in oakland. he helps businesses get marijuana licenses. he told us his cannabis conviction was actually a resume' booster. >> you know, you look at yourself in the mirror and say i'm a good person. i made a mistake. big deal. tomorrow is a new day. i'm going to live a better life. >> a bill is working through the legislature requiring district attorneys to go back and reduce or clear cannabis convictions in closed cases. of course, that's what some district attorneys are already doing on their own. in the newsroom, brooks jarosz, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> after a long streak without any homicides, police in richmond are investigating their fourth deadly shooting this month. as ktvu's

me that the door was open for a reconsideration toward an absolute pardon, which would erase and expunge conviction. >> and he was granted a pardon. a few months later, his mother sandy died in a car crash. she said her greatest joy was seeing her son exonerated. we believe there are untold others now languishing in prisons to something they didn't do. >> now we see, eyes are beginning to open. questions are beginning to be asked around the country. and that is what happened in robert davis' case. >> one night of your life made a hell of a difference, didn't it? >> yeah. yeah. >> you know, it's a small town. do you ever run into randy snead? >> he lives here. but i haven't run into him. if i was to see him walking down the street, i would probably just keep walking, because i don't really have nothing to say to him. except for i told you so. i told you that i was innocent. >> so he was. so he is. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >>> good morning. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it is 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out

even if starbucks gives them tons of money, they have arrest records that have to be expunged.hink about it. you're a real estate algt, every job you apply for it's going to say you have an arrest record before it's thrown out. we need to make sure that the people who are thrown into jail malicious aly like meek mill kl be made whole afterwards. him making this a fight is going to make more people in that city -- >> i don't want to pour rain on this. it's inspiring, a good move, last night was a big ceremony. meek mill said when it's time to vote for judge, da's, vote. we're being affected by it. but remember what's happening. president trump is putting a record number of federal judge into those position, most coming directly from the federalist society, under 40, white male judges. so we can celebrate this all we want, those swruths ajudges are be in place forever. >> you can't overlook the politics on this and the republicans have stood in the way of legitimate criminal justice reform. they've looked the other way as we have seen numbers on racial disparity. and it's run of

purposes, to scooter libby's family and for his reputation, you know, this criminal conviction has been expunged. it's meaningless. some people say it might be setting the stage for other pardons. i'm not sure. i think this is part of a long running effort by scooter libby's friends and colleagues to clear his name. >> two of our very best. julia ainsley, jeremiah bash, thank you so much for coming on with us tonight. >>> coming up, as we continue, where this administration stands at this hour on a possible military strike in syria. i'll speak with a medal of honor recipient and a three-decade naval intelligence veteran who has conducted operations in syria. "the 11th hour" back after this. but i'm not standing still... and with godaddy, i've made my ideas real. ♪ i made my own way, now it's time to make yours. ♪ everything is working, just like it should ♪ >>> welcome back. the white house is still weighing its options tonight on what we now know was a confirmed chemical weapon attack that killed dozens in syria last weekend. those remarks from president trump earlier today did add to the strea

throwing out on the street and diing, and an african american woman, a demographic that's being expunged in san francisco. on the other hand, we have property owners, pretty pricey property, and they're whining about the fact that they can't make it worth more or have cheaper interest rates, which really seems irrelevant to people who are just barely scraping by, and they're calling themselves the victims. and this is really the age of trump. this is up and down and war is peace and all the other orwell expressions, and i hope that you're suspicious enough and follow the money here that the affidavits from people who stand to benefit financially might just be a little fishy. >> clerk: thank you for your testimony. next speaker. >> if i could show a picture. may i show something onto the screen? i'd like to show you that this is iris canada. at the top of the picture, you can see the date. that's october 2014. she's in front of her front door. i have multiple pictures of her, in her home, getting dressed. this is her also in her home. this time her voting in san francisco, the -- the mail

purposes, to scooter libby's family and for his reputation, you know, this criminal conviction has been expungedeaningless. some people say it might be setting the stage for other pardons. i'm not sure. i think this is part of a long running effort by scooter libby's friends and colleagues to clear his name. >> two of our very best. thank you so much for coming on with us tonight. >>> coming up, as we continue, where this administration stands at this hour on a possible military strike in syria. i'll speak with a medal of honor recipient and a three-decade naval intelligence veteran who has conducted operations in syria. "the 11th hour" back after this. this is the ocean. just listen. (vo) there's so much we want to show her. we needed a car that would last long enough to see it all. (avo) subaru outback. ninety eight percent are still on the road after 10 years. come on mom, let's go! it's these new fresh-fx car air fresheners from armor all. each scent can create a different mood in my car. like tranquil skies. or arctic cool! or island oasis. aloha cena! armor all, it's easy to smell good. bu

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my next guest has authored a bill to decriminalize the drug and to expunge prior marijuana convictionsning me now, bernie sanders. you and cory booker, i think, are on that piece of legislation together. it seems like there's a breakthrough now with the democratic party on this issue. >> well, you know, during my campaign, i talked about it. it was one of the many issues that was just too radical. but you know what, prohibition doesn't work. studies show that over half the american people smoke marijuana. it is insane to be arresting some 600,000 people a year for possession of marijuana. states are moving forward with decriminalization. legalization, vermont moved forward with decriminalization. the time is now to say that we are not going to punish people for smoking marijuana. states want to go forward and legalize it, that is their right. >> but doesn't the logic of that extend past marijuana? that prohibition doesn't work. >> to? >> crack cocaine, heroin, ecstasy. if the issue is prohibition, they're all prohibited substances. >> in portugal, with i think, has moved in that direct

no mp should share a platform with someone he expelled or expunged for anti—semitism, that they adoptsm with all its examples and there should be oversight of the disciplinary process. words and letters and articles will never be enough. we welcome the fact that mr corbyn's words have changed, but it is action by which the jewish community would judge him and the labour party. our sole objective from this meeting was to build trust with mr corbyn but this would not be possible until he and his party turned there are many strong words against and take semitism —— against anti—semitism and change... our political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. many would have hoped the meeting this evening would have led to a fruitful or more fruitful outcome than the word of deputies are suggesting. is the sticking point partly the fact that there seems to be an inability on the part of the labour leadership to actually expel anyone who has been found to have been guilty of anti—semitism?” anyone who has been found to have been guilty of anti-semitism? i do not think its expulsions... as

don't go to jail, you don't have a criminal record and you can go get a job and you get treatment and expunge records. but you're not going to make money off of us. what i tell them in new jersey. we held three hearings. i have said let's talk about what we know before we do this. we know all of the things said here today based on colorado, washington, california and elsewhere. but let's talk about what we know about new jersey, because you have to put things in perspective. what i know about new jersey and new jersey, my office is five blocks from a village called south orange new jersey which is predominantly white, upper class, wealthy, middle class people. and seton hall university. and what i do know is that in new wark where my office is, down the street people get shot on a regular basis and they are homeless et cetera and i have a bodega on every block, sometimes two. there are people we are trying to help with subsidies, taking food stamps to the bodega and cashing them off and not buying food, if you have $100 they will give you $40 and they are going to the corner to buy drugs. wit

justice minister andrew little says the government has ‘expunged unjust historical homosexual offencesa and england football captain, ray wilkins, has died at the age of 61. he was being treated in hospital in london after suffering a cardiac arrest on friday. his family has thanked his fans and friends for the ‘goodwill messages‘ they've received. this is beyond 100 days. still to come: memories of dr martin luther king, 50 years after he was killed. this is the view of commemorations right now in memphis, we'll be live there shortly. here in the uk, a pensioner from south east london has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a suspected burglar was fatally stabbed. 0ur correspondent jessica parker reports. residents watch on as emergency crews try to revive a man in the early hours of this morning. police say a 38—year—old suspected burglar was stabbed after a struggle with a 78—year—old homeowner. earlier reports said a suspect had forced the pensioner into the kitchen with claims that the intruder was armed with a screwdriver. the neighbour who filmed the footage says she saw

just last week the term reproductive rights was expunged from state department annual human rights report. this memo included a whole section on protecting internet freedom then novel concept that hillary clinton made mainstream. she established it as globally recognized human right through groundbreaking speeches, meticulously constructed and argued so a chapter in lbgt right where is she did the sail proclaiming gay rights are human right the, at the united nations for the first time. [applause] points in there on defending free speech at the u.n. and europe and muslim world on protecting human rights defenders, of course, advancing women's rights. iprereligioned to work on effortses like rallying governments to tackle homophobicking violence and prejudice and forging compromise to blunt calls for a global band on insults to religion. her leadership was instinctive and unflinching as what a florida pastor threatened to burn a qur'an trig arered a riots as far offer as afghanistan she condemned him in the strongest possible terms yet recognized that the first amendment did not allow him

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you no longer have a criminal record, you can go get a job, make sure that you have treatment and expunge records, but you're not going to make any money off of that. so, what i always tell them in new jersey, we've held three hearings and going on third hearings, okay, let's talk about what we know before we do this. we know all the things as we sat here today based on colorado, washington, california, elsewhere. but let's talk about what we know about new jersey. of because you have to put things in perspective. what i know about new jersey. in new jersey my office is five blocks from a village called south orange new jersey, which is predominantly white, upper class, wealthy, middle class people and seton hall university. in newark where my office is, down the street on my block, people get shot on a regular basis, and doing drugs, homeless, and i've got a bodega on almost every block, maybe two. in new jersey, people are getting help with subsidies and food stamps and they're taking the bodega's and they are character them and not buying food, they'll give you 40, and buying drugs. al

it you don't go to jail, no longer have criminal record, go get a job and get treatment and we can expunge records but you will not make any money off of us. so what i always tell them in new jersey, we held three hearings. beginning a third hearing, i always say talk about what we know before we do this we know all the things that was said here today based on colorado, washington, california, elsewhere. but let's talk about what we know about new jersey. because you have to put things in perspective. what i know about new jersey and new jersey, my office is five blocks from village called south orange, new jersey, which is predominantly white, upper class, wealthy, middle class people and seton hall university. and what i do know is that in newark where my office is, down the street from me on my block people get shot on regular basis. they are doing drugs and homeless, et cetera. i have a bodega almost every block, sometimes two. what i do know about new jersey where it is not legal, there are people trying to help with subsidies. they're getting food stamps. they're taking food stamps t

when we get to the 1880s , 1890s talking about black victims the intent was to expunge that person from the community. the intent was for that person, murder of-- collective murder to be an example for others in the community, so the intent was to kill. the intent was lethal so that others in the community would sort of stay in line. they would stand or control i mean the lynching began with a form of social control in the 1780s, 1790s, but by the 1880s, 1890s and definitely in the the early 20th century, lynching had become a form of racial social control where the primary victims are african-american and the primary perpetrators are white americans, so again lynching had this long history of the country, but in the modern time it's a racialized history. in my book there was a lot of evidence that i could draw upon to make this argument about the multi- faceted experience, black experience of lynching, but in the main idea on newspapers. i drew on literature. i drew on oral history and the reason why i draw on these particular sources is because what i was after was to try to understan

funding from states that maintain the mineralization and -- maintain criminilization and offer expungementkeep theirians fingers to the wind and see this is going to be a big eal. -- deal. host: let's move on to marry in virginia. good morning, mary. expanding these laws. can you expound on the difference of decriminalization and legalization? host: did you hear that? guest: i'm sorry. host: decriminalization versus legalization. guest: decriminalization makes marijuana not a bounty -- felony offence. in d.c., if you are caught smoking in public, you get a $25 ticket. means theon, that police cannot do anything to you if you are within the laws. you are allowed to carry a certain amount or grow a certain amount of plants. host: explain why you're asking, mary. guest: i have never known -- caller: i have never known the difference. that is why. thank you. host: adam in mississippi. he suupports -- expanding laws. caller: here in mississippi, it is widely believed that the case against marijuana has been enact voter suppression basically. we keep running into these conflicts with the justice

obviously if our users, if they try and we can't give them that value, we expunge the information wenched in may of 2017 how many users have signed up? >> yeah. we've got a few hundred thousand people that have signed up with the app. it's been a great launch on android in december and, yeah, it was a great year "time" gave us one of the best new apps of 2017 product hunt nominated us. >> facebook, instagram google what's the -- what's your customer acquisition cost? >> 60% of customers arrive through the door because they're hearing from family and friends. that's one of the most gratifying pieces. as you said, how are people finding out? because other people use the app, trust it, and are recommending friends. >> thank you for coming in today. >> it's a pleasure >>> coming up, tv host chef and author of "american dream: a live of love, family, and food" lidia bastianich is our guest. and fortnight taking the game world by storm it has video game makers looking for a way to compete that story straight ahead. futures at this hour are right around the flat line in fact, dow's only dow

punish were white -- punished were white. 1880's, 80 to the 90's, black victims, the intent was to expunge that person from the community. ,he intent was for that person collective murder, to be an example for others in the community. theintent was to kill, intent was lethal so that others in the community sort of stay in line, they would stay under control. so lynching began as a form of the 1780's,ol in 1790's, by the 1880's, why the 1890's, and definitely into the early 20th century, lynching had become a form of racial, social control, where the primary big dems are african-american and the primary perpetrators are white americans. street inas this long this country, but in the modern period, it is a racialized. in my book there was a lot of evidence i could draw upon to make this argument about a multifaceted experience, black experience of lynching. in the main, i drew on newspapers, i do on the future, i drew on oral histories. and the reason why i draw on these particular sources is because what i was after was to try to understand how african-americans made sense of the experience