Episode 8

More punishment rarely fits the crime

March 22, 2019: Vermont State Rep. Nader Hashim (D-Dummerston) discusses his work in the Judiciary Committee. Hashim and Host Olga Peters dig into why the Legislature should consider a bill to expunge certain criminal records. Hashim also outlines a bill to give people facing a misdemeanor charge access to a Public Defender.

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.