'BradCast' 6/30/2023 (Encore: Former AL Gov. Don Siegelman regrets his use of the Death Penalty; The smoky cost of climate change)
b"Encore: Original air-date 6/7/2023. On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 The cost of our climate crisis has hit a large swath of the nation, with smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada choking the skies in more than a dozen states across the Northeast.\\xa0 President Biden's E.P.A. announced $115 million in funding to repair and upgrade the long-deteriorating water system in Jackson, Mississippi. Alabama's former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman discusses his recent op-ed calling out 'the flaws in our nation's justice system,' particularly as it applies to the death penalty. Co-authored with the state's former Republican Gov. Robert Bentley, both men say they have come to 'regret' overseeing executions during their terms in office, and are calling for reform of the unequal, unjust application of the death penalty in our perverted justice system. Siegelman explains the history and politics of the death penalty and details several criminal justice reforms, including changes to the secret grand jury system, ending non-unanimous juries in death penalty cases, the outrage of 'judicial overrides,' a relic of the Jim Crow era that allowed judges to overrule juries to issue death sentences, and much more. Also today: Corrupt U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has asked for more time to complete his annual financial disclosures after investigative reports revealed that he failed to disclose, as required by law, extensive luxury travel, gifts, and much more from billionaire Harlan Crow."