How "Second Chance" Laws Could Transform the US Justice System | Sheena Meade | TED

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ.

ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…: Ahd Bin-Qirat ุงู„ู…ุฏู‚ู‘ู‚: gaith Takrity
00:04
It was like any other peaceful afternoon in my home in 2004.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู†ุช ู…ุซู„ ุฃูŠ ุธู‡ูŠุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ู‡ุงุฏุฆุฉ ููŠ ู…ู†ุฒู„ูŠ ุนุงู… 2004.
00:11
Cartoons were blaring,
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ูƒุงู† ุตูˆุช ุนุฑุถ ุงู„ุฑุณูˆู… ุงู„ู…ุชุญุฑูƒุฉ ุนุงู„ูŠู‹ุงุŒ
00:13
kids were running around the house, yelling loudly,
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ูˆูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃุทูุงู„ ูŠุฑูƒุถูˆู† ููŠ ุฃุฑุฌุงุก ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ูˆูŠุตุฑุฎูˆู† ุจุตูˆุช ุนุงู„ูุŒ
00:16
"VeggieTales" on 100.
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ูŠุดุงู‡ุฏูˆู† โ€œุญูƒุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฎุถุฑูˆุงุชโ€ ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ู†ุงุฉ 100.
00:19
Well, maybe not so peaceful,
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ุญุณู†ู‹ุงุŒ ุฑุจู…ุง ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุฐู„ูƒ ู‡ุงุฏุฆู‹ุงุŒ
00:21
but for a young mother, it was perfect.
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ู„ูƒู† ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ุฃู… ุดุงุจุฉุŒ ูู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ุซุงู„ูŠู‹ุง.
00:25
It was like music to my ears.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ูƒู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ูƒุงู„ู…ูˆุณูŠู‚ู‰ ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ.
00:28
But then there was a loud knock at the door
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ูˆู„ูƒู† ุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุณู…ุนู†ุง ุทุฑู‚ู‹ุง ู‚ูˆูŠู‹ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุจุงุจ
00:30
that just disrupted that laughter.
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ุฃูˆู‚ู ูƒู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุถุญูƒ.
00:32
And my kids yelled out to me, โ€œMommy,
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ูˆู†ุงุฏุงู†ูŠ ุงุทูุงู„ูŠ ู‚ุงุฆู„ูŠู†: โ€œู…ุงู…ุง,
00:35
The police are at the door!โ€
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ุงู„ุดุฑุทุฉ ุนู†ุฏ ุงู„ุจุงุจโ€œ!
00:38
And as I walked up to talk to the police,
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ูˆุจูŠู†ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุฃุณูŠุฑ ู„ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดุฑุทุฉุŒ
00:40
it's almost like I walked into the Charlie Brown movie.
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ุดุนุฑุช ูƒุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฏุฎู„ุช ููŠ ููŠู„ู… ุชุดุงุฑู„ูŠ ุจุฑุงูˆู†.
00:43
Do you all remember the teacher when she just like, โ€œWomp, womp, womp?โ€
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ู‡ู„ ุชุชุฐูƒุฑูˆู† ุตูˆุช ุงู„ู…ุนู„ู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุจู‡ู… ููŠ ุงู„ููŠู„ู… ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู†, โ€œูˆุงู…ุจุŒ ูˆุงู…ุจ , ูˆุงู…ุจุŸโ€
00:47
Because the words were just getting lost, and I didnโ€™t know what was going on.
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ู„ู… ุงุณุชุทุน ุณู…ุงุน ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุงุชุŒ ูˆู„ู… ุฃูƒู† ุฃุนุฑู ู…ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุฌุฑูŠ.
00:54
And I just snapped out of it and I was like,
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ุนุงุฏ ุฅู„ูŠ ุชุฑูƒูŠุฒูŠ ูุฌุฃุฉ ูˆู‚ู„ุชุŒ
00:56
"Oh, shit.
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โ€œุงูˆู‡, ุชุจู‹ุง.
00:58
I'm about to be arrested."
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ุฃู†ุง ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุดูƒ ุฃู† ูŠุชู… ุฅุนุชู‚ุงู„ูŠโ€œ.
01:01
I was about to be arrested because two months prior
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ูƒู†ุช ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุดูƒ ุฃู† ูŠุชู… ุงุนุชู‚ุงู„ูŠ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุญุฑุฑุช ู‚ุจู„ ุดู‡ุฑูŠู†
01:04
I had wrote a check for $87.26 for groceries.
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ุดูŠูƒู‹ุง ุจู…ุจู„ุบ 87.26 ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑู‹ุง ุซู…ู†ู‹ุง ู„ู„ุจู‚ุงู„ุฉ.
01:11
And that check had bounced.
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ูˆู‚ุฏ ุชู… ุฑูุถ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุดูŠูƒ.
01:13
And let me be clear.
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ูˆุฏุนูˆู†ูŠ ุงูˆุถุญ ู„ูƒู… ู…ุง ุญุฏุซ.
01:14
There is a thing called prosecutorial discretion,
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ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุดูŠุก ูŠุณู…ู‰ ุงู„ุณู„ุทุฉ ุงู„ุชู‚ุฏูŠุฑูŠุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุญู‚ุงุช ุงู„ู‚ุถุงุฆูŠุฉ
01:17
meaning the district attorney did not have to prosecute me,
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ู…ู…ุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุฏุนูŠ ุงู„ุนุงู… ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู…ุถุทุฑู‹ุง ู„ู…ู‚ุงุถุงุชูŠ,
01:20
but they did.
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‡ ูุนู„.
01:23
And totally against my fashion statement, right,
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ูˆููŠ ุชุถุงุฑุจ ุตุงุฑุฎ ู…ุน ุงุณู„ูˆุจูŠ ููŠ ุฅุฑุชุฏุงุก ุงู„ู…ู„ุงุจุณ, ุฃุฌู„,
01:29
the police placed
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ู‚ุงู…ุช ุงู„ุดุฑุทุฉ ุจูˆุถุน
01:31
these silver bracelets on my arms.
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุงุณุงูˆุฑ ุงู„ูุถูŠุฉ ุญูˆู„ ู…ุนุตู…ูŠู‘.
01:36
Handcuffs.
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ุงู„ุฃุตูุงุฏ.
01:39
And that day they handcuffed me in front of my babies.
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ูˆููŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ู‚ูŠุฏูˆุง ูŠุฏูŠ ุฃู…ุงู… ุฃุทูุงู„ูŠ.
01:43
And took me to jail.
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ูˆุงุฎุฐูˆู†ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณุฌู†.
01:47
You know, luckily I was able to come home pretty quickly
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ูƒู…ุง ุชุนุฑููˆู†, ุชู…ูƒู†ุช ู„ุญุณู† ุญุธูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนูˆุฏุฉ ู„ู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุจุณุฑุนุฉ ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ
01:49
because it was my first offense.
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ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ูƒุงู†ุช ุฃูˆู„ ุฌูู†ุญุฉ ู„ูŠ.
01:51
And I promise, the first thing I did when I got home,
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ูˆุงุคูƒุฏ ู„ูƒู…ุŒ ุฅู† ุฃูˆู„ ุดูŠุก ูุนู„ุชู‡ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูˆุตู„ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ุŒ
01:54
I borrowed some money so I could pay that check back.
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ู‡ูˆ ุฅู‚ุชุฑุงุถ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ู…ุงู„ ุญุชู‰ ุฃุชู…ูƒู† ู…ู† ุณุฏุงุฏ ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุดูŠูƒ.
01:56
And then I had to borrow some more money
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ุซู… ุงุถุทุฑุฑุช ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู‚ุชุฑุงุถ ุงู„ู…ุฒูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงู„
01:58
to pay back the fees for getting arrested and going to jail
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ู„ุชุณุฏูŠุฏ ุงู„ุฑุณูˆู… ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุชุจุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุฅุนุชู‚ุงู„ูŠ ูˆุฏุฎูˆู„ูŠ ุงู„ุณุฌู†
02:01
because, of course, I was loaded in cash because I was a young mom with four kids
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ู„ุฃู†ูŠ, ูˆุจุงู„ุทุจุน, ูƒู†ุช ุฃู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ู‚ูˆุฏ ุจู…ุง ุฅู†ูŠ ุฃู… ุดุงุจุฉ ู„ุฃุฑุจุนุฉ ุฃุทูุงู„
02:05
bouncing 87-dollar checks.
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ุชูƒุชุจ ุดูŠูƒุงุช ุจู‚ูŠู…ุฉ 87 ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑุงู‹.
02:09
And I just knew that that chapter of my life was closed.
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ูˆุฅุนุชู‚ุฏุช ูˆู‚ุชู‡ุง ุฃู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูุตู„ ู…ู† ุญูŠุงุชูŠ ู‚ุฏ ุงู†ุชู‡ู‰.
02:17
Except it wasn't, because see, that arrest in that conviction,
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ูˆู„ูƒู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠุชู†ู‡ูŠุŒ ู„ุฃู† ุฐู„ูƒุŒ ุฃูŠ ุงุนุชู‚ุงู„ูŠ ุจุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุชู‡ู…ุฉ,
02:20
it remained on my record.
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ุจู‚ูŠุช ููŠ ุณุฌู„ูŠ.
02:23
And at that moment,
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ูˆููŠ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู„ุญุธุฉุŒ
02:24
I realized that my true sentence had just begun,
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ุฃุฏุฑูƒุช ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุญูƒูˆู…ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠุฉ ู‚ุฏ ุจุฏุฃุชุŒ
02:26
because you know what?
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ู‡ู„ ุชุนู„ู…ูˆู† ู„ู…ุงุฐุงุŸ
02:28
I was no longer allowed to volunteer at my childrenโ€™s school.
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ู„ู… ูŠุนุฏ ู…ุณู…ูˆุญู‹ุง ู„ูŠ ุจุงู„ุชุทูˆุน ููŠ ู…ุฏุฑุณุฉ ุฃุทูุงู„ูŠ.
02:31
I could no longer rent where I want to rent
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ู„ู… ูŠุนุฏ ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูŠ ุงุณุชุฆุฌุงุฑ ุฃูŠ ู…ู†ุฒู„ ุฃุฑูŠุฏู‡
02:33
because it is legal for landlords to discriminate
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ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุญู‚ ู„ุฃุตุญุงุจ ุงู„ุนู‚ุงุฑุงุช ุงู„ุชู…ูŠูŠุฒ ุถุฏ
02:36
against a person with a record.
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ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุฌู†ุญุฉ ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠุฉ ููŠ ุณุฌู„ู‡.
02:38
I even faced barriers trying to go to college.
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ุญุชู‰ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ูˆุงุฌู‡ุช ุนุฑุงู‚ูŠู„ุงู‹ ุฃุซู†ุงุก ู…ุญุงูˆู„ุชูŠ ุงู„ุงู„ุชุญุงู‚ ุจุงู„ุฌุงู…ุนุฉ.
02:42
And still to this day I am excluded from certain certifications
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ูˆู…ุง ุฒู„ุช ุญุชู‰ ูŠูˆู…ู†ุง ู‡ุฐุง ู…ุณุชุซู†ุงุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุดู‡ุงุฏุงุช
02:47
and occupational license.
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ูˆุงู„ุฑุฎุต ุงู„ู…ู‡ู†ูŠุฉ.
02:49
All I could keep asking myself was, "Damn,
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ูƒู„ ู…ุง ุงุณุชุทุนุช ูุนู„ู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ุฃุณุฃู„ ู†ูุณูŠุŒ โ€œุชุจู‹ุงุŒ
02:55
when will my sentence end?โ€
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ู…ุชู‰ ุณุชู†ุชู‡ูŠ ู…ุญูƒูˆู…ูŠุชูŠุŸโ€
02:59
And sadly, I am not alone.
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ูˆู„ู„ุฃุณูุŒ ุฃู†ุง ู„ุณุช ูˆุญุฏูŠ.
03:00
There are more than 100 million Americans,
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ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 100 ู…ู„ูŠูˆู† ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุŒ
03:06
that is one in three people,
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ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู† ูƒู„ ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ุฃุดุฎุงุตุŒ
03:08
who have an arrest or conviction on their record.
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ู„ุฏูŠู‡ ุงุนุชู‚ุงู„ ุฃูˆ ุฅุฏุงู†ุฉ ุจุญู‚ู‡ ููŠ ุณุฌู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠ.
03:13
And get this, more than 94 percent of employers,
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ูˆุงุณู…ุนูˆุง ู‡ุฐุง, ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 94 ุจุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ุงุตุญุงุจ ุงู„ุนู…ู„ุŒ
03:17
more than 90 percent of landlords
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ูˆุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 90 ุจุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ู…ุงู„ูƒูŠ ุงู„ุนู‚ุงุฑุงุช
03:20
and 72 percent of colleges and universities
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ูˆ 72 ุจุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ูƒู„ูŠุงุช ูˆุงู„ุฌุงู…ุนุงุช
03:23
use background checks to screen out applicants,
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ูŠู‚ูˆู…ูˆู† ุจุงู„ุชุญู‚ู‚ ู…ู† ู…ู‚ุฏู… ุงู„ุทู„ุจ ูˆุฎู„ููŠุชู‡ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠุฉ,
03:27
making it harder for millions of Americans to access jobs,
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ู…ู…ุง ูŠุฌุนู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุตุนุจ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠูŠู† ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุธุงุฆู
03:31
housing and education.
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ูˆุงู„ุณูƒู† ูˆุงู„ุชุนู„ูŠู….
03:34
It's like, damn, how am I supposed to get out and do better
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ุฅู†ู‡ ู…ุซู„, ุงู„ู„ุนู†ุฉ, ูƒูŠู ูŠูุชุฑุถ ุจูŠ ุงู„ุฎุฑูˆุฌ ูˆุงู„ู‚ูŠุงู… ุจุฃูุถู„ ู…ุง ู„ุฏูŠ
03:38
if no one will rent to me,
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ุฅุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠุคุฌุฑ ู„ูŠ ุฃุญุฏ ู…ู†ุฒู„ุงู‹,
03:39
no one will hire me, and I canโ€™t even go to school?
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ุฃูˆ ู„ู… ูŠูˆุธูู†ูŠ ุฃุญุฏ, ุญุชู‰ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุงู„ุงู„ุชุญุงู‚ ุงู„ุฌุงู…ุนุฉุŸ
03:44
But I believe, I truly believe
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ู„ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุงุคู…ู†, ุญู‚ู‹ุง ุงุคู…ู†
03:47
that America is a nation of second chances.
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ุจุฃู† ุงู…ุฑูŠูƒุง ู‡ูŠ ุจู„ุฏ ุงู„ูุฑุต ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ.
03:49
And I say that
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ูˆุฃู†ุง ุงู‚ูˆู„ ุฐู„ูƒ
03:50
because just about every state has laws on the books
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ู„ุฃู† ูƒู„ ูˆู„ุงูŠุฉ ุชู‚ุฑูŠุจู‹ุง ู„ุฏูŠู‡ุง ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ูˆุฑู‚
03:53
that allow a person to get their record cleared
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ุชุณู…ุญ ู„ุฃูŠ ุดุฎุต ู…ู† ู…ุญูˆ ุณุฌู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠ
03:55
once they're eligible.
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ุจู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุฃู† ูŠุตุจุญ ู…ุคู‡ู„ุงู‹.
03:58
And right now, there are more than 30 million people
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ูˆุงู„ุขู†ุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† 30 ู…ู„ูŠูˆู† ุดุฎุตู‹ุง
04:02
who are eligible to get their record cleared.
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ู…ุคู‡ู„ุงู‹ ู„ู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุณุฌู„ ู†ุธูŠู.
04:05
But this is where it gets a little crazy.
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ู„ูƒู† ุนู†ุฏู‡ุง ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ุฌู†ูˆู†ู‹ุง ู†ูˆุนู‹ุง ู…ุง.
04:08
Less than 10 percent of those people actually get it done.
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ุฃู‚ู„ ู…ู† 10 ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุงุฆุฉ ู…ู† ู‡ุคู„ุงุก ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ูŠุญุตู„ูˆู† ุนู„ู‰ ุฐู„ูƒ.
04:13
Either they donโ€™t know about it,
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ุฅู…ุง ู„ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠุนุฑููˆู† ุฃู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุฎูŠุงุฑ ู…ุชุงุญ,
04:16
or, if they do, the process is so bureaucratic,
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ุฃูˆ, ุฅุฐุง ู‡ู… ู‚ุงู…ูˆุง ุจุฐู„ูƒ, ูุฅู† ุงู„ุนู…ู„ูŠุฉ ุจูŠุฑูˆู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉ,
04:19
costly and full of red tape.
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ู…ูƒู„ูุฉ ูˆุฑูˆุชูŠู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉ.
04:22
For instance, in some states people have to wait just about five to 10 years
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ูู…ุซู„ุงู‹ุŒ ูŠู†ุชุธุฑ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ููŠ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ู„ู…ุฏุฉ ุชุชุฑุงูˆุญ ู…ู† ุฎู…ุณ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนุดุฑ ุณู†ูˆุงุช
04:27
just to even qualify to get their record cleared.
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ุญุชู‰ ูŠุตุจุญูˆุง ู…ุคู‡ู„ูŠู† ุญุชู‰ ูŠุชู… ู…ุญูˆ ุณุฌู„ู‡ู… ุงู„ุงุฌุฑุงู…ูŠ.
04:31
Then you have to appear in person to petition.
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ุซู… ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุฃู† ุชุญุธุฑ ุดุฎุตูŠู‹ุง ู„ุชู‚ุฏูŠู… ุงู„ุงู„ุชู…ุงุณ.
04:35
That means you need to take time off work,
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ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ูƒ ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃุฎุฐ ุฅุฌุงุฒุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุนู…ู„,
04:37
and let's keep it real,
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ูˆู„ู†ูƒู† ูˆุงู‚ุนูŠูŠู†,
04:39
it was hard enough to find a job in the first place.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุตุนุจ ุงู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุธูŠูุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงู… ุงู„ุงูˆู„.
04:42
You have to file a mountain of paperwork
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ุญูŠุซ ูŠุฌุจ ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุชู‚ุฏูŠู… ู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃูˆุฑุงู‚
04:44
and then sometimes you have to pay processing fees
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ุซู… ูŠุชุนูŠู† ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุฃุญูŠุงู†ู‹ุง ุฏูุน ุฑุณูˆู… ุงู„ุงุฌุฑุงุกุงุช
04:47
up to 500 dollars per charge.
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ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุตู„ ุฅู„ู‰ 500 ุฏูˆู„ุงุฑ ู„ูƒู„ ุชู‡ู…ุฉ.
04:51
And then if you're smart,
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ุซู… ุฅุฐุง ูƒู†ุช ุฐูƒูŠู‹ุง,
04:52
you may want to just get a lawyer to help you navigate that whole process.
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ู‚ุฏ ุชุฑุบุจ ุจุงู„ุงุณุชุนุงู†ุฉ ุจู…ุญุงู…ู ูู‚ุท ู„ู…ุณุงุนุฏุชูƒ ููŠ ุงุฌุชูŠุงุฒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนู…ู„ูŠุฉ ุจุฑู…ุชู‡ุง.
04:56
So that means if your crime was being poor like mine,
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ู…ู…ุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู†ุช ุฌุฑูŠู…ุชูƒ ุจุณูŠุทุฉ ู…ุซู„ ุฌุฑูŠู…ุชูŠุŒ
05:00
record clearance is not even accessible.
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ูู„ู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุญุตูˆู„ูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ุณุฌู„ ู†ุธูŠู ู…ู…ูƒู†ู‹ุง.
05:07
I'm looking at some of your faces.
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ุฃู†ุง ุฃู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆุฌูˆู‡ ุงู„ุจุนุถ ู…ู†ูƒู….
05:09
You seem really bummed out and discouraged.
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ูŠุจุฏูˆ ุฃู†ูƒู… ุญู‚ู‹ุง ุชุดุนุฑูˆู† ุจุงู„ุถูŠู‚ ูˆุงู„ุฅุญุจุงุท.
05:13
But I promise I didn't come all the way to Vancouver, TED, to tell you bad news.
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ู„ูƒู†ูŠ ุฃุคูƒุฏ ู„ูƒู… ุจุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ู… ุงู‚ุทุน ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุฉ ุงู„ู…ุณุงูุฉ ู„ูุงู†ูƒูˆูุฑ,TED , ู„ุฃู†ู‚ู„ ู„ูƒู… ุฃุฎุจุงุฑ ุณูŠุฆุฉ.
05:16
(Laughter)
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(ุถุญูƒ)
05:18
I got some good news.
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ู„ุฏูŠ ุฃุฎุจุงุฑ ุฌูŠุฏุฉ.
05:19
(Applause)
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
05:22
This record clearance problem is solvable and it's fixable
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ู…ุดูƒู„ุฉ ู…ุญูˆ ุงู„ุณุฌู„ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ู‚ุงุจู„ุฉ ู„ู„ุญู„
05:25
and we're doing the damn thing.
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ูˆู†ุญู† ูุนู„ุงู‹ ู†ู‚ูˆู… ุจุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ู„ุนูŠู†.
05:27
And the key is automatic record clearance for those who are eligible.
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ูˆุงู„ุญู„ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ู…ุญูˆ ุงู„ุชู„ู‚ุงุฆูŠ ู„ู„ุณุฌู„ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠ ู„ุฃูˆู„ุฆูƒ ุงู„ู…ุคู‡ู„ูŠู†.
05:31
We are removing all that red tape,
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ู†ุญู† ู†ุชุฎู„ุต ู…ู† ูƒู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฑูˆุชูŠู†ุŒ
05:34
and we do that by passing what we call โ€œclean slateโ€ laws.
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ูˆู†ูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ู…ุง ู†ุณู…ูŠู‡ ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† โ€œุงู„ุตูุญุฉ ุงู„ู†ุธูŠูุฉโ€.
05:37
And what that is, is laws that say once a person has remained crime-free
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ูˆู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ู‡ุฐุง, ุฅู†ู‡ ู‚ุงู†ูˆู† ูŠู†ุต ุจุฃู†ู‡ ูˆุจู…ุฌุฑุฏ ุนุฏู… ุฅุฑุชูƒุงุจ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ู„ุฃูŠ ุฌูู†ุญุฉ
05:42
for a set period of time and they're eligible,
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ู„ูุชุฑุฉ ุฒู…ู†ูŠุฉ ู…ุญุฏุฏุฉ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู…ุคู‡ู„ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ,
05:45
a set period of time by the stateโ€™s definition, remaining crime-free,
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ูุชุฑุฉ ุฒู…ู†ูŠุฉ ุชุญุฏุฏู‡ุง ุงู„ุฏูˆู„ุฉ, ูู„ุง ูŠุฑุชูƒุจ ููŠู‡ุง ุฃูŠ ุฌูู†ุญุฉ ุฃุซู†ุงุก ุฐู„ูƒ,
05:49
that their record is automatically cleared.
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ูุฃู† ุณุฌู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠ ูŠุชู… ู…ุญูˆู‡ ุชู„ู‚ุงุฆูŠู‹ุง.
05:52
Red tape cut.
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ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฎูุถ ุงู„ู‚ูŠูˆุฏ ุงู„ุจูŠุฑูˆู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉ .
05:54
And this is the beautiful thing about it.
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠู„ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ.
05:57
We shift the burden from the person who made the mistake
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ูˆุจุฐุง ูŠุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุนุจุก ู…ู† ุงู„ุดุฎุต ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุงุฑุชูƒุจ ุงู„ุฌูู†ุญุฉ
06:00
to the system that tries to trap them in that mistake.
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ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุญุงูˆู„ ุฃู† ุจูŠู‚ูŠู‡ ุนุงู„ู‚ู‹ุง ููŠ ุชุจุนุงุช ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฎุทุฃ.
06:04
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06:10
And y'all, these policies are working.
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ูˆูŠุง ุฌู…ุงุนุฉุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณุงุช ูุนุงู„ุฉ.
06:12
And I know that because I am the proud CEO
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ูˆุฃู†ุง ุฃุนุฑู ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณ ุงู„ุชู†ููŠุฐูŠ ุงู„ูุฎูˆุฑ ู„ู…ุจุงุฏุฑุฉ
06:15
of the Clean Slate Initiative.
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ู…ุจุงุฏุฑุฉ Clean Slate.
06:17
And in just the last three years,
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ูˆููŠ ุงู„ุณู†ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุซู„ุงุซ ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠุฉ ูุญุณุจ,
06:18
we've been able to help six states pass clean slate laws.
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ุชู…ูƒู†ุง ู…ู† ู…ุณุงุนุฏุฉ ุณุช ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุนู„ู‰ ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ุตูุญุฉ ุงู„ู†ุธูŠูุฉ.
06:22
I'm talking about red states, blue states and even purple states, OK?
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ุฃู†ุง ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ุนู† ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุฌู…ู‡ูˆุฑูŠุฉ ูˆุฏูŠู…ูˆู‚ุฑุงุทูŠุฉ ูˆุญุชู‰ ู…ุชุฃุฑุฌุญุฉุŒ ุญุณู†ู‹ุงุŸ
06:27
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06:29
That has resulted in three million people getting their records cleared.
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ูˆุฃุฏู‰ ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุซู„ุงุซุฉ ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุดุฎุต ุนู„ู‰ ุณุฌู„ุงุช ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠุฉ ู†ุธูŠูุฉ.
06:35
That's millions of people who no longer have to walk around with stigma
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ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต ู„ู… ูŠุนูˆุฏูˆุง ู…ุถุทุฑูŠู† ู„ู„ุนูŠุด ู…ุน ุงู„ูˆุตู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุฌุชู…ุนูŠุฉ
06:38
and shame attached to their name.
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ูˆุงู„ุฎุฒูŠ ุงู„ู…ุฑุชุจุท ุจุฃุณู…ุงุฆู‡ู….
06:41
I even, one time y'all, met this older fellow.
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ุญุชู‰ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุงู„ุชู‚ูŠุช ููŠ ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฑุงุช ุจุดุฎุต ุฃูƒุจุฑ ุณู†ู‹ุง ู…ู†ูŠ.
06:44
I mean, he was in his 80s, but he was a fragile 80-year-old man.
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ุงุนู†ูŠ, ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ููŠ ุงู„ุซู…ุงู†ูŠู†ูŠุงุช ู…ู† ุนู…ุฑู‡, ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ุฑุฌู„ุงู‹ ุซู…ุงู†ูŠู†ูŠุงู‹ ุถุนูŠูู‹ุง .
06:48
I met him in Miami, Florida, at an expungement clinic,
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ุงู„ุชู‚ูŠุช ุจู‡ ููŠ ู…ูŠุงู…ูŠ, ูู„ูˆุฑูŠุฏุง, ููŠ ู…ูƒุชุจ ู„ุชุฎู„ูŠุต ุงู„ุณุฌู„ุงุช ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠุฉ,
06:51
and I could not fathom why this man was there.
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ูˆู„ู… ุฃุณุชุทุน ุฃู† ุฃูู‡ู… ุณุจุจ ูˆุฌูˆุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ.
06:55
He was there to get his record cleared.
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒุงู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู„ู…ุญูˆ ุณุฌู„ู‡ ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠ.
06:57
And all I could think about was, he wasn't there to get a job,
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ูˆูƒู„ ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุฃููƒุฑ ููŠู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ูŠูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ู„ุญุตูˆู„ ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุธูŠูุฉ
07:01
find housing.
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ุฃูˆ ุนู„ู‰ ุณูƒู†.
07:02
He didn't want to die being defined by his record.
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ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ูŠุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ูŠู…ูˆุช ูˆู‡ูˆ ูŠุญู…ู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุณุฌู„.
07:07
Clean slate laws will even help people like him too.
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ุณุชุณุงุนุฏ ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ุตูุญุฉ ุงู„ู†ุธูŠูุฉ ุงู„ุนุฏูŠุฏูŠู† ู…ู† ุฃู…ุซุงู„ู‡.
07:10
It's like with a stroke of a governor's pen,
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ุฅู† ุงู„ุงู…ุฑ ุงุดุจู‡ ุจุฌุฑุฉ ู‚ู„ู… ู…ู† ุญุงูƒู… ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุฉ,
07:13
we were able to unlock dreams for millions.
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ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ู…ู† ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ ุงู„ุนู†ุงู† ู„ุฃุญู„ุงู… ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู†.
07:19
And because itโ€™s an Audacious Project,
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ูˆู„ุฃู†ู‡ ู…ุดุฑูˆุน ุฌุฑูŠุก,
07:21
we're on a pathway to make automatic record clearance a reality.
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ู†ุญู† ููŠ ุทุฑูŠู‚ู†ุง ู„ุฌุนู„ ู…ุญูˆ ุงู„ุณุฌู„ุงุช ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠุฉ ูˆุงู‚ุนู‹ุง.
07:26
A reality in all 50 states.
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ูˆุงู‚ุนู‹ุง ููŠ ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฎู…ุณูŠู†.
07:27
We're building a pathway that automatic record clearance
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ุญู† ู†ุจู†ูŠ ู…ุณุงุฑู‹ุง ูŠูƒูˆู† ููŠู‡ ุงู„ู…ุญูˆ ุงู„ุชู„ู‚ุงุฆูŠ ู„ู„ุณุฌู„ุงุช ุงู„ุฌู†ุงุฆูŠุฉ
07:30
is a reality in all 50 states
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ูˆุงู‚ุนู‹ุง ููŠ ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ูˆู„ุงูŠุงุช ุงู„ุฎู…ุณูŠู†
07:32
that will unlock second chances for additional 14 million people.
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ุณูŠู…ู†ุญ ู‡ุฐุง ูุฑุตู‹ุง ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ ู„ู€14 ู…ู„ูŠูˆู† ุดุฎุต ุฅุถุงููŠ.
07:38
(Cheers and applause)
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(ู‡ุชุงู ูˆุชุตููŠู‚)
07:45
I just want to leave you all with this.
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ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ูู‚ุท ุฃู† ุฃุชุฑูƒูƒู… ุฌู…ูŠุนู‹ุง ู…ุน ู‡ุฐุง.
07:48
And I even invite some of you to close your eyes when I ask you this.
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ูˆุญุชู‰ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุฏุนูˆ ุจุนุถูƒู… ู„ุฅุบู…ุงุถ ุฃุนูŠู†ูƒู… ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฃุทู„ุจ ู…ู†ูƒู… ุฐู„ูƒ.
07:54
Because it's really important.
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ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ุฃู…ุฑ ู…ู‡ู… ุญู‚ู‹ุง.
07:57
I want you to think about all the second chances that you've received.
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ุฃุฑูŠุฏูƒู… ุฃู† ุชููƒุฑูˆุง ููŠ ูƒู„ ุงู„ูุฑุต ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุญุตู„ุชู… ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง.
08:03
Whether it was from your teachers,
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ุณูˆุงุก ูƒุงู†ุช ู…ู† ู…ุนู„ู…ูŠูƒู…,
08:06
your parents,
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ุขุจุงุฆูƒู…,
08:07
your community,
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ู…ุฌุชู…ุนูƒู…,
08:10
even your kids.
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ูˆุญุชู‰ ุฃุจู†ุงุฆูƒู….
08:13
Think about what that felt like.
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ููƒุฑูˆุง ููŠู…ุง ุดุนุฑุชู… ุจู‡.
08:16
Think about what that did for you.
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ููƒุฑูˆุง ููŠู…ุง ูุนู„ู‡ ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ูƒู….
08:20
I know for me,
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ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูŠ,
08:22
it enabled me to be able to change,
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ู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุฃู† ุฃูƒูˆู† ู‚ุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชุบูŠูŠุฑ,
08:25
like turn my pain into purpose.
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ู…ุซู„ ุฃู† ุงุญูˆู„ ุฃู„ู…ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุบุงูŠุฉ.
08:27
It enabled me to be able to walk into a room and feel seen,
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ู„ู‚ุฏ ู…ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฐู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฎูˆู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฃูŠ ู…ูƒุงู† ูˆุงู„ุดุนูˆุฑ ุจุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุดุฎุต ู…ุฑุฆูŠ,
08:30
not as damaged goods, but as untapped potential.
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ู„ูŠุณ ูƒุฃุฏุฉ ู…ุนุทูˆุจุฉ, ูˆู„ูƒู† ูƒุตุงุญุจุฉ ุฅู…ูƒุงู†ุงุช ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุณุชุบู„ุฉ.
08:34
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(ุชุตููŠู‚)
08:37
That is the power of a second chance.
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ู‡ูŠ ู‚ูˆุฉ ุงู„ูุฑุตุฉ ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠุฉ.
08:41
That is the power of a clean slate.
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ู‡ูŠ ู‚ูˆุฉ ู‚ูˆุงู†ูŠู† ุงู„ุตูุญุฉ ุงู„ุจูŠุถุงุก.
08:45
And there's no greater gift than that.
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ูˆู„ูŠุณ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู…ู† ู‡ุฏูŠุฉ ุฃุนุธู… ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ.
08:47
Thank you.
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ุดูƒุฑุงู‹ ู„ูƒู….
08:48
(Cheers and applause)
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(ู‡ุชุงู ูˆุชุตููŠู‚)
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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