--- title: News Beat Web Exclusives | Rashed Mian --- [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/NewsBeat_Logo_HighRes.jpg) ](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/) ** ** - [Episodes](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/episodes) - [Subscribe](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/subscribe) - [About](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/about) - [Artists & Guests](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/artists-and-guests) - Web Exclusives - [This Week In Social Justice](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/twisj) - [Guide to Civil Unrest](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/civilunrest) - [COVID-19](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/covid-19) - [Mass Incarceration](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/mass-incarceration) - [Bonus Content](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog) - [Media](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/media) - [Support](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/support) - [Contact](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/contact) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/NewsBeat_NewOGImage.png)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/reformers-introduce-bill-in-ny-to-expunge-criminal-records) ### [Reformers Introduce Bill in NY to Expunge Criminal Records](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/reformers-introduce-bill-in-ny-to-expunge-criminal-records) March 01, 2021 [criminal justice reform](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/criminal-justice-reform) If passed, New York would follow three other states that have passed "Clean Slate" laws in as many years. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/reformers-introduce-bill-in-ny-to-expunge-criminal-records) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1024px-Floridau2019s_Historic_Capitol_and_Florida_State_Capitol_1.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/florida-law-linking-legal-fees-to-voting-eligibility-ruled-unconstitutional) ### [Florida Law Linking Legal Fees to Voting Eligibility Ruled Unconstitutional](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/florida-law-linking-legal-fees-to-voting-eligibility-ruled-unconstitutional) May 26, 2020 [mass incarceration](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/mass-incarceration), [felony disenfranchisement](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/felony-disenfranchisement) In 2018, Floridians approved the restoration of voting rights to people with felony convictions. A law decried as a "poll tax" was ruled unconstitutional. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/florida-law-linking-legal-fees-to-voting-eligibility-ruled-unconstitutional) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/Newsbeat_Season4_Epidemics_1920x1080_notext.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/report-covid-19-jail-deaths-double-us-fatalities) ### [Report: COVID-19 Jail Deaths Could Double U.S. Fatalities](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/report-covid-19-jail-deaths-double-us-fatalities) April 23, 2020 Failing to significantly reduce jail populations could result in 100,000 more deaths than currently projected, a new ACLU report says. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/report-covid-19-jail-deaths-double-us-fatalities) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/barbed-wire-960248_1920.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/expert-warns-of-perilous-coronavirus-threat-in-jails-prisons-podcast) ### [Expert Warns Of ‘Perilous’ Coronavirus Threat In Jails & Prisons [Podcast]](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/expert-warns-of-perilous-coronavirus-threat-in-jails-prisons-podcast) March 13, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic is spreading across the country. Experts warn that jails and prisons are especially vulnerable to an outbreak. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/expert-warns-of-perilous-coronavirus-threat-in-jails-prisons-podcast) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/14933990406_df9ce8441c_k.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/exclusive-legendary-attorney-james-goodale-talks-assange-attacks-on-free-press) ### [[Exclusive] Legendary Attorney James Goodale Talks Assange & Attacks on Free Press](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/exclusive-legendary-attorney-james-goodale-talks-assange-attacks-on-free-press) February 24, 2020 [civil liberties](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/civil-liberties), [Espionage Act](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/espionage-act), [Julian Assange](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/julian-assange), [press freedoms](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/topic/press-freedoms) Famed First Amendment attorney James Goodale discusses the criminalization of journalism and the U.S. government's crackdown on whistleblowers. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/exclusive-legendary-attorney-james-goodale-talks-assange-attacks-on-free-press) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/1024px-Floridau2019s_Historic_Capitol_and_Florida_State_Capitol_1.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/in-florida-the-fight-for-voting-rights-continues) ### [In Florida, the Fight for Voting Rights Continues](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/in-florida-the-fight-for-voting-rights-continues) July 02, 2019 Last year, Florida voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment restoring rights to 1.4 million people. For many, a new law may stand in the way. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/in-florida-the-fight-for-voting-rights-continues) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/45169911044_935af7cedd_k.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/are-criminal-justice-reform-laws-enough) ### [Criminal Justice Reform Is Spreading Across The Country. But Is It Enough to Dismantle Mass Incarceration?](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/are-criminal-justice-reform-laws-enough) July 02, 2019 From New York to Colorado and states in between, lawmakers are tackling criminal justice reform. Experts, however, warn that not enough is being done. [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/are-criminal-justice-reform-laws-enough) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/SB10_debug-photo.jpeg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/how-supporters-of-historic-california-bail-abolition-bill-became-some-of-its-strongest-critics) ### [How Supporters of Historic California Bail Abolition Bill Became Some of Its Strongest Critics](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/how-supporters-of-historic-california-bail-abolition-bill-became-some-of-its-strongest-critics) November 27, 2018 California passed a law abolishing money bail. (Hurray.) It also grants sweeping powers to judges to lock up defendants at will, indiscriminately, however. (?!?!) Grassroots prison reform groups were [Read Now ⟶](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/how-supporters-of-historic-california-bail-abolition-bill-became-some-of-its-strongest-critics) [![](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Newsbeat_FelonyDisenfranchisement_1920x1080-1024x576.jpg)](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/majority-of-floridians-favor-felony-voting-rights-amendment) ### [Majority of Floridians Favor Felony Voting Rights Amendment](https://www.usnewsbeat.com/blog/majority-of-floridians-favor-felony-voting-rights-amendment) September 26, 2018 It appears Democrats and Republicans agree that permanently stripping someone's right to vote is a bad idea. 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