with a signature. legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses, turning dreamers into business owners. and we re here to help start yours. welcome back. i am ari melber in for melissa harris-perry. 781 days. that s how long american hikers shane bauer and josh fattal were in jail on espionage charges. shane spent four months in solitary confinement, an experience so defining when he did make it back home seven months later, he began investigating how we use that same punishment here in the u.s. he found many people who think we overincarcerate and overpunish. and in a new report for mother jones magazine, he describes how many are rethinking their justice policies, including some republicans. to understand this reevaluation, i think you have to look at how we got here. today s broken, overcrowded, and
it s thursday, september 22nd. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. and good morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. i m tanya rivero. moments before troy davis was put to death, he told relatives of the policeman he was convicted of killing he did not do it. you will see why this case has captured the attention of protesters worldwide. another big story this morning, american hikers shane bauer and josh fattal are freed from an iranian prison and on their way home. you ll see the emotional moment as they re welcomed into their loved ones arms. what a great and long-awaited scene last night. it s hard to hold back the tears seeing that emotion. so happy for them. later this half hour, the texas hairdresser demanding an apology from the tsa. she says she was singled out and considered a security risk at the atlanta airport because of her unusual hair style. should the tsa be able to go through your fro?
conscience of the country. even though some people likely dismiss it or laugh it away or whatever, i think what those people are saying is they re speaking to their fellow citizens saying this is on america s soul, too. there s something wrong with a society that take life. and for a for a country where everyone is constantly talking about the culture of life, many of the people on the right who like who are in favor of the death penalty are very, as they say, pro-life. it s completely inconsistent and hypocritical and itself expresses how troubled i think people. each night rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day with in-depth analysis and gets from all sides of the issue. don t miss the rachel maddow show, weeknights at 9:00 eastern on msnbc, the place for politics. after spending more than two years locked up in iran, hikers shane bauer and joshua fattal are finally free.
yesterday they were released from prison and into the arms of loved ones. nbc news tehran s bureau chief has more from iran. reporter: after over 780 days in tehran s notorious prison, shane bauer and joshua fattal finally get to taste freedom. during fast-moving events, their iranian lawyer was summoned to the judiciary to come and finalize their $1 million bail arrangements. once that had been done, swiss delegates rushed to the prison to see how long it would take to get them out. the swiss ambassador who deals with american interests in iran because there is no u.s. embassy here came out and delivered the good news that shane bauer and joshua fattal, after two years of hope and heartbreak for themselves and their families, were on their way out of iran. two years in prison is too long. and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. reporter: what this ordeal
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