voting unless they paid off so-called legal financial obligations, which can include or it finds, fees and restitutions. if they can pay, guess what? they can vote. now, the candidate of groups filed suit, challenging the law. the state of florida won on appeal leaving them free to essentially got the amendment that more than 60% of voters wanted. and now, what remains in the wake of this is a ridiculous overly complicated system. florida has no centralized database to allow people to figure out what legal financial obligations they out of the state. the state also does not track information for federal out of state convictions, which people are also required to pay off before voting. and now, on top of this mess they ve created, governor desantis has written in to establish a new special police force to hunt down former felons who made the mistake of casting the ballot. the state of florida has charged and is in the process
so tomorrow, federal hate crimes trial for the men who killed amad arbery begins in georgia, state convictions on all three, you represent arbery s family, and earlier this month, a federal judge rejected a plea deal from one of the defendants, travis mcmichael that would have recluded his hate crimes trial. can you emphasize why it s so important to the family, they stand trial. they already have taken a stand, the trigger man who murdered arbery and offered his version of events, the family was incident with going forward, the statements and what investigators have been able to discover, they want to see it play out, the trial take its
they thought it was great to run them down and film it, themselves, that lets you know the depraved set of mind or mindset is so important for the federal government to step in and ensure civilian rights are protected for everyone. so that s the point i mentioned in the introduction. the federal conviction makes it certain they will face incredibly long prison sentence, even if state convictions are proud or overturned, this ensures the punishment and here is ahmaud aubrey s mother reacting. what we got today, we would have gotten today if it wasn t for the fight that the family had fought. we got a victory today. but if so many families out there who don t get victories, because of people that we have fighting for us. how significant is the ruling? has anything changed? i think what s significant is
because a lot of times survivors are shamed and told they re wrong, and they re not believed. but people also go to great lengths to protect the abuser. and usa gymnastics and the united states olympic committee, in my opinion, went to great lengths to protect him. and that s why i m saying we need an independent investigation to understand what happened. aly, that s exactly what i want to get to now, because, again, just to finish the story of this individual, dr larry nassar is, of course, in prison. he was sentenced to well over 100 years on different federal and state convictions. thejudge, in fact, at the time of sentencing said, i just signed your death warrant but you say that is in no way the end of this story and this fight for accountability and justice. and i wonder where you think this fight should and will end. you know, i ask myself when and where it will end,
so then i would feel, well, then i m wrong and i feel guilty for mistrusting a doctor. and, you know, ifelt so ashamed of myself for thinking bad of someone. so i wish i could give you this really simple answer, but it s so complicated. and the reality is, it s very, very hard to speak up because a lot of times survivors are shamed and told they re wrong, and they re not believed. but people also go to great lengths to protect the abuser. and usa gymnastics and the united states olympic committee, in my opinion, went to great lengths to protect him. and that s why i m saying we need an independent investigation to understand what happened. aly, that s exactly what i want to get to now, because, again, just to finish the story of this individual, dr larry nassar is, of course, in prison. he was sentenced to well over 100 years on different federal and state convictions.