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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

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Author Archives: Molly Mulroy

Posted inCriminal Justice

How Tennessee laws keep ex-offenders from getting good jobs

by Molly Mulroy October 5, 2017September 15, 2022

In 2009, when Pat Tia was accepted into the radiology program at Southwest Community College, she assumed her path to becoming a radiation therapist would be smooth. It wasn’t. Tia is a convicted felon who has served time for prostitution and drug possession. Her last conviction was 11 years old when she got into Southwest. […]

Posted inBridge Protest, Criminal Justice, Democracy, Martin Luther King

In their own words

by Molly Mulroy July 9, 2017October 5, 2020
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