Jessica's Law and Tracking Sex Offenders, Who Should Pay?; Fulfilling Your Elected Term; Republican Presidential Candidates' Health Care Proposals; Dennis Kucinich
Jessica's Law and Tracking Sex Offenders, Who Should Pay?
Proposition 83, also known as Jessica's Law, would place global tracking devices on sex-offenders even after they finished parole. The bill was approved a year ago, but there is now concern from the government that it would be too expensive and complicated to implement. The law does not specify which government agency would pay for the costly process. Larry talks with LA Times Staff Writer Michael Rothfeld, California Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, and Bill Sessa of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Fulfilling Your Elected Term
Trent Lott announced yesterday that he will retire from the U.S. Senate, just over year after he was re-elected to his fourth term. Many other politicians have left the office to which they were elected for various reasons. Larry talks with political analyst, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, about what leaving office mid-term says about our political system and the affect it has on voter's attitudes towards politicians.
Republican Presidential Candidates' Health Care Proposals
Larry talks with Matthew Holt, of The Health Care Blog, and E. Richard Brown, of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about the republican presidential candidates' various health care plans and how these proposals differ from those of the democratic candidates.
Dennis Kucinich
The six term Democratic congressman from Ohio, known for his opposition to the war in Iraq, is making his second bid at a Presidential nomination. Congressman Kucinich proposes ending America's participation in NAFTA and the WTO and rejoining the Kyoto Accord. He supports establishing a living wage, providing a Universal single-payer health care system, and free public college. Larry talks with the Democratic Presidential candidate about these issues and more, including his Congressional resolution to Impeach Vice President Cheney.