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| 418 | The Organization Trying to Help More than 195,000 Afghan Allies Find Safety w/Shawn VanDiver | 18 Nov 2025 | 00:57:26 | |
Today, Hunter was the President and Founder of #AfghanEvac, Shaw VanDiver. During our two decades of conflict in Afghanistan, America made a promise to hundreds of thousands of Afghans who helped our cause: work with us, and we will provide you safety from the Taliban. Yet when Kabul fell back into the hands of the Taliban, America left behind more than 195,000 of our allies in harms way. Shawn and his team at #AfghanEvac aim to fulfil the promise we made to our Afghan allies by assisting them in claiming asylum in the United States.
Guest: Shawn VanDiver, President and Founder, #AfghanEvac
Resources: Contact Shawn and His Team https://www.instagram.com/afghan_evac https://www.youtube.com/c/AfghanEvac https://www.facebook.com/AfghanEvac https://www.tiktok.com/@afghanevac https://truthsocial.com/@afghanevac https://bsky.app/profile/afghanevac.bsky.social https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14026798/
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| 417 | How a Jailhouse Lawyer Challenged Louisiana's Mass Incarceration from Inside Angola Prison w/Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull | 13 Nov 2025 | 01:07:58 | |
Today, Hunter was joined by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull, Co-authors of the book, Jailhouse Lawyer. In this book, Sophie and Calvin tell the story of Calvin's life. As a teenager, Calvin was wrongfully charged with and ultimately convicted of a homicide. He faced a life sentence in Angola State Prison. For the nearly three decades that Calvin was wrongfully incarcerated, he worked as a jailhouse lawyer. In that role, he helped countless men, in hopeless legal situations challenge the conditions and legality of their confinement. Now, Calvin and Sophie are here to share the power that a jailhouse lawyer can have in radically challenging mass incarceration.
Guest: Calvin Duncan, Co-Author of The Jailhouse Lawyer¸ Director of the Light of Justice Program Sophie Cull, Co-Author of The Jailhouse Lawyer, Louisiana
Resources: Contact Calvin https://www.loyno.edu/academics/faculty-and-staff-directory/calvin-duncan Pick up a Copy of the Book https://www.calvinduncan.com/p/book-the-jailhouse-lawyer Follow Them on Socials https://www.instagram.com/jailhouse_lawyer/?hl=en
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| 408 | How Georgia's New "Tough on Crime" Laws Could Make Communities Even Less Safe w/Blake Feldman | 21 Oct 2025 | 01:26:09 | |
Today, Hunter was joined by the Southern Center for Human Right's Blake Feldman. Hunter and Blake walked through a handful of criminal legal policy changes that recently went into effect in Georgia. Unfortunately, the state continues it's tough on crime approach that may ultimately lead to more kids in adult court, more adults serving mandatory minimums, and the state further trying to incarcerate it's way out of societal issues.
Guest: Blake Feldman, Senior Policy Counsel, Southern Center for Human Rights
Resources: Southern Center for Human Rights https://www.facebook.com/southerncenterforhumanrights/ https://www.instagram.com/thesoutherncenter https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCApuQiMnBpcuxt-GWx9eF1A https://www.linkedin.com/company/thesoutherncenter/
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| 319 | How a Petty Theft Could get you 180 Days in Jail in Rifle Municipal Court w/Scott Troxell | 16 Jan 2025 | 01:06:39 | |
Today, Hunter sat down with Scott Troxell to wrap up our conversation on Colorado Municipal Courts. This time, the conversation focuses on how Rifle Municipal Courts were giving people 6 Months sentences for thefts that the state only gave 10 day sentences.
Guest Scott Troxell, Attorney, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Resources: 2017 ACLU Report on Colorado Municipal Courts https://www.aclu-co.org/sites/default/files/JUSTICE-DERAILED-web.pdf Coverage of Municipal Courts in Rifle by Denver Post https://www.denverpost.com/2024/12/24/colorado-legislature-municipal-court-bills/ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/22/colorado-municipal-courts-sentences-minor-crime/ ACLU Amicus Brief https://www.aclu-co.org/en/cases/mobley-v-city-rifle-amicus Rifle Changes Ordinance Current Colorado Supreme Court Issues https://www.aclu-co.org/en/cases/camp-v-city-westminster-amicus https://www.aclu-co.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/2024-11-07_aclu_cff_amicus_br.pdf Contact Scott
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| 318 | How to Fight and Abolish the Death Penalty Outside of the Courtroom w/Abraham Bonowitz | 15 Jan 2025 | 01:09:04 | |
Today, Hunter sat down with longtime death penalty abolitionist activist Abraham Bonowitz. On previous episodes about death penalty abolition, the show has primarily focused on the successes and failures of the fight in the court room. Today however, Abe joins the show to discuss the types of media campaigns and coalition building that is necessary to fight and ultimately abolish the death penalty outside of the four corners of the court house. Guest Abraham Bonowitz, Executive Director, Death Penalty Action
Resources: Death Penalty Action contact https://deathpenaltyaction.org/ https://www.facebook.com/deathpenaltyaction https://www.instagram.com/deathpenaltyaction/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMW5q-nvTO9XSm38BwgwJgw
Melissa Lucio https://www.amazon.com/State-Texas-Vs-Melissa-Special/dp/B08L3Q69NR https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/15/melissa-lucio-death-penalty-judge-overturn/
Commutations
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/23/g-s1-38794/biden-death-row-commutations https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/biden-commutes-37-death-sentences.html
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| 317 | How Pueblo Municipal Court Used Contempt of Court to Send People to Jail for Years w/Keri Williams | 14 Jan 2025 | 00:54:21 | |
Today, Hunter sat down with Keri Williams to continue our coverage of Municipal Courts in Colorado. This time, they discussed how Pueblo Municipal Courts were giving people years in jail for contempt of court charges.
Guest Keri Williams, Attorney, Pueblo, Colorado
Resources: 2017 ACLU Report on Colorado Municipal Courts https://www.aclu-co.org/sites/default/files/JUSTICE-DERAILED-web.pdf Coverage of Municipal Courts in Pueblo by Denver Post https://www.denverpost.com/2024/07/21/pueblo-municipal-contempt-of-court-charges-jail-time/ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/08/01/pueblo-municipal-court-workplace-investigation/ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/11/pueblo-contempt-court-city-defends-investigation/ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/10/11/pueblo-judge-contempt-of-court-aclu-challenge/ https://www.denverpost.com/2024/12/10/pueblo-inmates-released-contempt-court-ruled-unconstitutional/ Contact Keri keri.williams@beckerlawgroup.net https://www.beckerlawgroup.net/ Contact Hunter Parnell: @PublicDefenselessPodcast @PDefenselessPod Subscribe to the Patron www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home
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| 316 | The Everyday Cruelty in Westminster Municipal Court w/Alison Gordon | 09 Jan 2025 | 01:09:09 | |
Today, Hunter sat down with Alison Gordon to continue our coverage of Municipal Courts in Colorado. This time, the discussion focuses on the extremely punitive Westminster Municipal Court.
Guest Alison Gordon, Associate Attorney, McCabe Law
Resources: 2017 ACLU Report on Colorado Municipal Courts https://www.aclu-co.org/sites/default/files/JUSTICE-DERAILED-web.pdf Contact Alison
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| 315 | How People Are Denied the Right to Counsel in Grand Junction Municipal Court w/Tristan Gorman and Rebecca Wallace | 07 Jan 2025 | 01:17:13 | |
Today, Tristan Gorman and Rebecca Wallace are back this time to discuss municipal courts in Colorado. This episode is the first of our four-part series on municipal courts in Colorado. This episode gives a general overview of problems in this courts and then dives into the outright denial of counsel happening in Grand Junction's Municipal Court.
Guest Tristan Gorman, Policy Director, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Rebecca Wallace, Policy Director, Colorado Freedom Fund
Resources: 2017 ACLU Report on Colorado Municipal Courts https://www.aclu-co.org/sites/default/files/JUSTICE-DERAILED-web.pdf
Coverage by the Denver Post Coverage by Grand Junction Daily Sentinel CFF Website https://www.coloradofreedomfund.org/ CCDB Website
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| 314 | The Policies Making Colorado More "Tough on Crime" w/Tristan Gorman and Rebecca Wallace | 02 Jan 2025 | 01:15:22 | |
Today, Tristan Gorman and Rebecca Wallace join the show to discuss the policies, ballot initiatives, and rhetoric from district attorneys that is pushing Colorado back in a "tough on crime" direction. Through their work with their respective organizations, Rebecca and Tristan are intimately familiar with the conversations that the state legislature engage in around crime and the criminal legal system.
Guest Tristan Gorman, Policy Director, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar Rebecca Wallace, Policy Director, Colorado Freedom Fund
Resources:
Colorado Freedom Fund Links https://www.coloradofreedomfund.org/ https://www.coloradofreedomfund.org/2024-legislation Colorado Criminal Defense Bar
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| BONUS: Discussion/Debate w/a Former Cop about The Killing of Roger Fortson, The Execution of Marcellus Williams and The Citation of a Homeless Pregnant Woman in KY | 24 Dec 2024 | 01:17:43 | |
A Bonus Episode for everyone! On Monday, I had a discussion/debate with Daniel Carr, a former cop from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Today, we discussed/debated the use of force in the SrA Roger Fortson, the Execution of Marcellus Williams, and the citation issued to a homeless, pregnant woman in Louisville Kentucky Guest Daniel Carr, Police Law Newsletter Resources: Links to Daniel's Work https://linktr.ee/policelawnews
SrA Roger Fortson Case
https://apnews.com/article/airman-shot-florida-deputy-roger-fortson-760057db9fd9c7b2f25e85b1b285e8e3
Execution of Marcellus Williams
Pregnant KY Woman Cited for Unlawful Camping
https://www.wlky.com/article/body-cam-footage-lmpd-citing-pregnant-homeless-woman-labor/63251559
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/pregnant-kentucky-woman-labor
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| 2024 Wrap Up, Top 10 Episodes of 2024, and What is Next for the Show | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:20:50 | |
Thank you to everyone who has made the show possible this year. Whether you are a listener, a subscriber, a guest, or a friend of the show, this show would not be possible without you! Thanks for another amazing year, and Hunter is looking forward to another incredible year in 2025. *NO EPISODES THIS THURSDAY OR NEXT TUESDAY*
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| 313 | How Marsy's Law is Undermining the Criminal Legal System w/Ráchael Powers | 19 Dec 2024 | 01:10:04 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by professor Ráchael Powers to discuss Marsy's Law. For those unfamiliar, Marsy's Law is one of many types of Victim's Bill of Rights law that exist around the country. These laws are designed to give victims of crime more rights in the criminal legal system. The only problem? They often directly conflict with the rights of the accused. Today, Ráchael joins us to talk about a report she published for the NACDL about the dangers of Marsy's Law.
Guests: Ráchael Powers Resources: Contact Ráchael https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/powersro https://x.com/rpowerscrim?lang=en Read the Report https://www.nacdl.org/Document/JusticeforNoneHowMarsysLawUnderminesCrimLegalSys
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| 312 | How to Create More Opportunities to Fight the Government's Case Pre-Trial w/Chesa Boudin and Eric Fish | 17 Dec 2024 | 01:07:11 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Eric Fish and Chesa Boudin. This time, Eric and Chesa join the show to discuss a recent law review article they published discussing ways to strengthen pre-trial adjudication. As discussed at length on the show, our criminal legal system has killed the jury trial. As a result, opportunities to bring injustices, misconduct, and corruption to light have faded away. Chesa and Eric's law review article attempts to point out places around the country that have figured out ways to revive adversarial aspects of our legal system before trial. In doing so, they offer a pathway that criminal defense lawyers may be able to increase their chances to oppose the governments case in public.
Guests: Chesa Boudin, Executive Director, UC Berkley Criminal Law and Justice Center Eric Fish, Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Resources: Contact Chesa https://www.law.berkeley.edu/our-faculty/faculty-profiles/chesa-boudin/#tab_profile https://x.com/chesaboudin?lang=en Contact Eric https://law.ucdavis.edu/people/eric-fish
Law Review Article https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5026754
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| 407 | How Hennepin County has Expanded the Right to Counsel to Civil Legal Issues w/ Jeanette Boerner, Jessica Ryan and Terrance Hendricks | 16 Oct 2025 | 01:04:07 | |
Today, Hunter was joined by three guests from Hennepin County's Adult Representation Services. As has been discussed multiple times on the show, many of the clients that walk into a public defender office have legal needs outside their criminal case. Whether it is in eviction court or family court, our clients often do not have access to counsel in these critical cases. ARS was created to fill the gaps in the access to counsel to ensure people have a fighting chance in their civil legal issues.
Guest: Jeanette Boerner, Director of Adult Representation Services, Hennepin County, Minnesota Jessica Ryan, Principal Attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota Terrance Hendricks, Principal Attorney, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Resources: ARS Website https://www.hennepin.us/en/adult-representation-services
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| 311 | How the Supreme Court Injected Chaos and Confusion into the Second Amendment w/Jacob Charles | 12 Dec 2024 | 01:13:57 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Professor Jacob Charles to discuss the Second Amendment. Since D.C. v Heller in 2008, the Second Amendment transformed from nearly dead letter law to one of the most rapidly changing areas of the Constitution. Jake joins the show to detail that transformation and explain the impacts it is having on our legal system.
Guests: Jacob Charles, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
Resources: Contact Jake https://law.pepperdine.edu/faculty-research/jacob-charles/ https://bsky.app/profile/jacobdcharles.bsky.social SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1714457 Heller https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/554/570/ Bruen https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-843_7j80.pdf Rahimi https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-915_8o6b.pdf
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| 310 | How the Junk Science Shaken Baby Syndrome Infected the Criminal Legal System w/Dr. Julie Mack and Randy Papetti | 11 Dec 2024 | 01:09:56 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Dr. Julie Mack and Randy Papetti to discuss Shaken Baby Syndrome. Also known as Abusive Head Trauma, Shaken Baby Syndrome started out as an untested hypothesis meant to help parents keep their children safe. However, police and prosecutors quickly realized the power SBS had to secure convictions. Since then, dozens of people's convictions have been overturned as courts around the country realize that SBS is an unfounded, junk science that does not belong in the criminal court room.
Guests: Dr. Julie Mack, Radiologist Randy Papetti, Attorney
Resources: CATO Institute on Shaken Baby Syndrome Randy's Book on Shaken Baby Syndrome https://www.amazon.com/Forensic-Unreliability-Shaken-Baby-Syndrome/dp/0998904333 Feigned Consensus: Usurping the Law in Shaken Baby Syndrome/ Abusive Head Trauma Prosecutions https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3104&context=articles Swedish Study on SBS https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28130787/ Robert Roberson https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/29/robert-roberson-shaken-baby-texas-death-row-evidence/
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| 309 | The Problems and Promise of Public Defense in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania w/Rob Perkins and Dan Eichinger | 10 Dec 2024 | 01:09:39 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Rob Perkins and Dan Eichinger to discuss Public Defense in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. If you've listened to the show long enough, then you know that Pennsylvania was one of the last states to provide any funding for Public Defense. While the $7.5 million allocated to support Public Defense is welcome, it is insufficient to account for the decades of underfunding/understaffing in places like Allegheny County. Yet, Dan and Rob believe that with the help of new county leadership, they can finally meet the demands of Gideon in Allegheny County.
Guests: Rob Perkins, Executive Director, Allegheny Lawyer's Initiative for Justice Daniel Eichinger, Program Administrator, Wayne County Indigent Defense Services Resources: Allegheny Lawyers Initiative for Justice
Allegheny Public Defender Report https://www.ali4j.org/research-report-a-path-forward ACLU Report https://www.aclupa.org/en/job-left-undone-allegheny-countys-fork-road 2018 Coverage of Public Defense Email Rob During the Episode Dan, mentioned Racial Disparity in Allegheny County. Here is an additional note from him: RAND_RTI_Final_Report.pdf (pitt.edu)
Additionally, I mentioned that half of all charges filed against Black people arise from a police initiated encounter. My phrasing could have been more precise as the paper refers to charges arising out of "Black neighborhoods" (as opposed to Black people) and I didn't mention the numbers in terms of the disparity between White neighborhoods, so I wanted to make sure your listeners had the exact language from the report:
(Pg. 47 of the report, pg. 91 of the document):
"In particular, charges that are filed in Black neighborhoods are almost equally likely to initiate from either a call for service or a low-priority law enforcement action (30% versus 27%). However, in the White matched neighborhoods, charges are more than twice as likely to originate from a call for service than from a low-priority law enforcement action (38% versus 17%)."
Additionally, the percentage of charges growing out of a police-initiated interaction is likely higher because, as the authors note (pg. 46):
"Thirty-two percent of the cases could not be matched to the 911 call data. As noted in the previous section, these are likely to be instances where law enforcement officers initiated an action but did not call it in. These unmatched cases are thus classified as unidentified law enforcement–initiated actions."
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| 308 | How the Fear of Too Much Justice Keeps Our Legal System Cruel w/Stephen Bright | 05 Dec 2024 | 01:06:05 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Professor Stephen Bright to discuss his new book, the Fear of Too Much Justice. Over decades of work as an attorney, Steve has been a leading voice against the death penalty and in support of major overhauls to our criminal legal system. Today, Steve joins the show to discuss how the Fear of Too Much Justice is stopping people from reforming our criminal legal system.
Guests: Stephen Bright, Professor of Law, Yale University School of Law
Resources: Stephen Bright's Faculty Page https://law.yale.edu/stephen-b-bright Fear of Too Much Justice https://www.thefearoftoomuchjustice.com/
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| 307 | Why Are Prisoners at Virginia's Red Onion Prison Severely Burning Themselves? w/Phil Wilayto | 04 Dec 2024 | 00:43:39 | |
Today, Hunter is joined the Editor of the Virginia Defender Newspaper, Phil Wilayto to try and understand a simple question: Why are people incarcerated at Virginia's Red Onion State Super Max Prison self-immolating just to get transferred to a new prison?
Guests: Phil Wilayto, Editor, Virginia Defender Newspaper
Resources: On Saturday, Dec. 7, the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality will hold a public meeting titled "Crisis at Red Onion Supermax: How you can help!" The meeting will take place at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, 1720 Mechanicsville Turnpike, in Richmond's East End. For more information, call, or text the Defenders at 804-644-5834 or email DefenddersFJE@hotmail.com. Crisis at Red Onion Face Book Page More Coverage https://www.wvtf.org/news/2024-11-12/fearful-prisoners-use-desperate-measures-to-protest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/red-onion-state-prison-protest https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/us/virginia-prisoners-burns-protest.html
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| 306 | Why it's Nearly Impossible to Hold the Government Accountable for Violating your Rights w/Joanna Schwartz | 03 Dec 2024 | 01:08:09 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Professor Joanna Schwartz to discuss Civil Rights Litigation. Like they did for the rights of criminal defendants, the conservative legal movement has slowly chipped away at Civil Rights protections under Section 1983. Today, Joanna joins to talk about the many ways it is nearly impossible for a person to get a remedy after the government violates their civil rights.
Guests: Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law, UCLA
Resources: Follow Joanna on Twitter Joanna's Website https://www.joannaschwartz.net/ https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/joanna-c-schwartz Vallejo Police Coverage https://www.kqed.org/news/11769266/the-long-storied-history-of-police-community-tension-in-vallejo https://www.propublica.org/article/vallejo-police-killing-investigations https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/23/how-a-deadly-police-force-ruled-a-city
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| 305 | How Prosecutors Might get Rewarded for Messing Up the Harvey Weinstein Case w/Amanda Jack | 27 Nov 2024 | 01:13:46 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Amanda Jack of the New York Legal Aid Society. Today, Amanda and Hunter are discussing the Harvey Weinstein trial. Specifically, they are discussing why the conviction was overturned, why the New York legislature is trying to change the rules of evidence, and why it's a terrible idea for them to do it.
Guests: Amanda Jack, Policy Director Criminal Practice, NY Legal Aid Society
Resources: Follow Amanda on Twitter Federal Rule of Evidence 413 and Harvey Weinstein
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| 304 | One Step Forward and Two Steps Back Mississippi Public Defense w/Andre de Gruy | 26 Nov 2024 | 00:58:58 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Andre de Gruy, Chief Public Defender of Mississippi. The last time Andre was on the show, he and Hunter discussed some positive changes he was hoping to get out of the 2024 legislative session. While not everything from the last episode came to pass, Andre believes Mississippi public defense is ever so slowly improving.
Guests: Andre de Gruy, State Public Defender, Mississippi
Resources: OSPD Website Marshall Project Mississippi https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/05/02/mississippi-public-defense-legislative-reforms https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/09/18/mississippi-courts-lawyers-poor-defendants https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/01/24/arrested-hinds-county-mississippi-jackson-courts
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| 303 | How A.I. Can Help Public Defenders Challenge Police and Prosecutors Part 2 w/Prabhas Pokharel | 21 Nov 2024 | 01:03:31 | |
Today, Hunter is joined be the Co-Founder of Reduct, Prabhas Pokharel. Building from Tuesday's conversation about tech, AI, and Public Defense, Hunter and Prabhas explore the ways AI and Reduct can help Public Defenders take on Police and Prosecutors.
Guests: Prabhas Pokharel, Co-Founder, Reduct Resources: Reduct Website, Socials, and Contact
Standford Legal AI Study https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-trial-legal-models-hallucinate-1-out-6-or-more-benchmarking-queries https://dho.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/Legal_RAG_Hallucinations.pdf
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| 302 | How A.I. is Helping Police and Prosecutors Surveil, Arrest, and Incarcerate People w/Andrew Ferguson | 20 Nov 2024 | 01:19:13 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Professor Andrew Ferguson. Last time Andrew was on the show, he and Hunter discussed the state of the 4th Amendment in the digital era. This time, Hunter and Andrew dive into three law review articles Andrew has recently published. The first discussed a new framework for analyzing the 4th Amendment. The second and third articles are all about new, dangerous was police and prosecutors are relying on AI.
Guests: Andrew Ferguson, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
Resources: Andrew's Faculty Page https://www.american.edu/wcl/faculty/ferguson.cfm Andrews Law Review Articles Digital Rummaging https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4377633 AI in Police Reports https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4897632 Video Analytics and the Fourth Amendment https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4766249 U.S. v Tuggle More on AI in Police Reports https://www.kqed.org/news/12007520/how-artificial-intelligence-is-changing-the-reports-police-write https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-cameras-video-ai-law-enforcement
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| 406 | How the Cook County Prosecutor Has Made it Harder for the Wrongfully Convicted to Find Justice w/Dan Hinkel | 15 Oct 2025 | 00:56:39 | |
Today, Hunter was joined by Journalist Dan Hinkel to discuss his newest piece about the Conviction Integrity Unit in Cook County. While CIUs are an imperfect vessel to right the wrongs of a wrongful conviction, they still serve an essential function when they operate properly. The problem is since Eileen O'Neill Burketook over as the new State Attorney in Cook County the CIU hasn't exonerated a single person. Dan joins the show to help us understand how that has happened.
Guest: Dan Hinkel, Senior Reporter, Injustice Watch
Resources: Find Dan's Work Here https://www.injusticewatch.org/author/danhinkel/
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| 301 | How A.I. Can Help Public Defenders Challenge Police and Prosecutors Part 1 w/IV Ashton | 19 Nov 2024 | 01:03:23 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by IV Ashton, Founder and President of Legal Server, to discuss how a quality case management system and powerful AI tools can help Public Defenders pose more systemic challenges to police and prosecutors
Guests: IV Ashton, President and Founder, Legal Server
Resources: Legal Server Website
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| 300 | How Mitigation is Helping Veterans Escape the Criminal Legal System w/Nancy Farrell and Dee Miller | 14 Nov 2024 | 01:02:06 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Nancy Farrell and Dee Miller of the New York Vet Defense Program. Previously on the show, Hunter and other guests have described the power of veteran and other treatment courts. However, we have often lamented at the limited scope that this courts offer veterans who need help but just not drug or alcohol treatment. With this program, Nancy and Dee offer veterans the culturally competent mitigation and service connection that helps Vets escape the criminal legal system.
Guests: Nancy Farrell, Director, New York Vet Defense Dee Miller, Program Coordinator, Vet Defense
Resources: Connect With NY Vet Defense 585 219 4862 Website https://www.nysda.org/page/VetsDefTest
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| 299 | How NAPD is Fostering a National Forum for Public Defense Innovations w/Jeff Sherr | 13 Nov 2024 | 00:37:51 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by NAPD's Jeff Sherr. This time, they sat down to discuss NAPD's new Change Maker Forum, what Hunter learned from attending, and how NAPD hopes to use it to spark new, impactful changes in Public Defense.
Guests: Jeff Sherr, Director of Training, National Association of Public Defense
Resources: NAPD Changemaker Forum 2025 https://publicdefenders.us/event/the-changemakers-forum-napd-strategic-exchange-3/ Notes from 2024 https://publicdefenders.us/blogs/napd-changemakers-forum-tackles-public-defense-challenges/
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| 298 |What the History of ULCA's Police Department Tells Us About the Issues with Campus Police w/Andrew Guerrero | 12 Nov 2024 | 00:46:16 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Ph.D. candidate and law student Andrew Gurrero to discuss his research about the evolution of the UCLA police department. In this episode, Hunter and Andrew explore the origins of the department and the forces that drove the department away from its original mandate.
Guests: Andrew Gurrero, Ph.D Candidate, Harvard
Resources: Read Sources Discussed in the Episode Here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12_jIy21jUCsPS4qEqSAMjxxvx1Tlce6r?usp=sharing
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| 297 | The Successes and Failings of Plea Bargaining in Europe w/Rebecca Shaeffer | 07 Nov 2024 | 01:09:53 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Rebecca Schaffer to discuss plea bargaining in Europe. As we did on Tuesday, this episode aims to help people understand the intractable problems with plea deals and what countries are doing to try and ameliorate those problems
Guests: Rebecca Schaffer, Former Legal Director, Fair Trials
Resources: Follow Rebecca on Twitter https://x.com/rebeccashaeffe?lang=en Email Rebecca Read the Reports https://www.fairtrials.org/articles/publications/the-disappearing-trial/
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| 296 | How South Dakota is Fixing its Public Defense Crisis w/Aditi Goel | 06 Nov 2024 | 01:05:38 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Aditi Goel of the Sixth Amendment Center. This time, we discuss their recent report about Public Defense in South Dakota. Like many county based, county funded Public Defense systems, South Dakota is plagued with underfunding, under staffing, lack of independence, and cost saving practices that make Public Defense ineffective. Yet, this episode has a ray of hope because for the first time in its history, the state appears poised to radically reimagine how it funds, supports, and organizes Public Defense.
Guests: Aditi Goel, Deputy Director, Sixth Amendment Center
Resources: Read the Report Here: New South Dakota Public Defense Commission https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24943/265191 Task Force Report https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/committees/Indigent/ILSTaskForceFinalReportRecommendations.pdf
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| 295 | What Can be Learned About Plea Bargaining from Japan's Failed Plea Experiment w/Lucian Dervan | 05 Nov 2024 | 01:06:29 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Lucian Dervan to discuss plea bargaining. This time, he joins to discuss what we can learn about plea bargaining from Japan's failed attempt to implement plea bargaining system.
Guests: Lucian Dervan, Professor of Law and Director of Criminal Justice Studies, Belmont College of Law, Founding Director of the Plea Bargaining Institute Resources: Link to Lucian's book on Plea Bargaining https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/440099902/ Lucian's Work with Plea Bargaining Institute https://pleabargaininginstitute.com/about-pbi/founding-director/ Study on Japan and Korea https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3768687 https://news.belmont.edu/dervan-shares-research-on-plea-bargaining-with-japanese-officials/ Original Study https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol103/iss1/1/
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| 294 | A Judicial Candidate Speaks Out Against Retaliation by a High Ranking Member of Oregon Public Defense w/Rachel Philips | 31 Oct 2024 | 01:06:42 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Oregon Criminal Defense and Victim's Rights lawyer Rachel Philips. Over the past three years, Rachel has been outspoken about retaliation that women attorneys faced from members of the Oregon Public Defense Commission. She joins the show to discuss her efforts to bring that retaliation to light and to discuss her candidacy for a seat on the bench in Multnomah County.
Guests: Rachel Philips, Criminal Defense Lawyer, Victim's Rights Lawyer, Candidate for Judicial Position 38, Multnomah County, Oregon
Resources: Links to the Judicial Race: League of women voters candidate forum: https://youtu.be/goGR8mEDSy8?si=dx9UqPhHSI5BdzwM League of women voters interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjwwMLP_JE LWV candidate statements : https://www.vote411.org/plan-your-vote (If it doesn't pull it up, plug in my office address and it will by the race. My campaign website: https://rachelphilipsforjudge.com/ Campaign Twitter: https://x.com/Rachel4Judge Campaign Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelforjudge/ Oregonian article: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/10/surprise-open-seat-for-multnomah-county-judge-draws-pack-of-contenders.html?outputType=amp Willamette Week article: https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/09/12/the-window-opens-and-shuts-quickly-for-unusual-judicial-vacancy-in-multnomah-county/ Multnomah Bar Association Candidate Statements: https://www.mbabar.org/about/mba-news/candidate-statements---circuit-court-judge-position-38/ Also, here's the Oregonian's endorsement of the DA (not a surprise): https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/10/editorial-endorsement-november-2024-elect-jeff-auxier-to-multnomah-county-bench.html
And my answers to their questions: https://www.oregonlive.com/editors/2024/10/rachel-philips-multnomah-county-judge-position-38.html
Also Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Rachel_Philips
And the Multnomah Bar Association candidate statements: https://mbabar.org/judicialcandidates
Folder with Report and Statements https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QbvIppKcTDpSpLiQD4nFhA0IxLfVajiV?usp=sharing
Media coverage of defense crisis and investigation into OPDS, I tried to keep it mainly chronological, from oldest to most recent: This mentions Tara Herivel not being paid her negotitated rate: Tara's guest column: https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/03/opinion-oregons-public-defense-crisis-rooted-in-longstanding-failures.html
Here is Oregon ACLU landing page with timeline and their letters and actions: https://www.aclu-or.org/en/campaigns/fighting-gender-based-discrimination-public-defense-system#:~:text=Timeline-,August%202021,J.D.%2C%20to%20begin%20the%20investigation. https://x.com/rachelbusygrl/status/1681469783194357762 - has opinion in Tara's case that she won against OPDS Rachel's letter to the editor in 2023: https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/05/readers-respond-public-defense-system-needs-accountability.html
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| 293 | Does Bail Reform Impact Crime Rates? w/Ames Grawert | 30 Oct 2024 | 00:56:02 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Ames Grawert of the Brennan Center to discuss a recent Brennan Center report of Bail Reform's impact (or lack thereof) on crime rates.
Guests: Ames Grawert, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
Resources:
Read the Report https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/bail-reform-and-public-safety Read more of Ames' Work https://www.brennancenter.org/experts/ames-grawert Read More of Brennan Center's Work https://www.brennancenter.org/
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| 292 | How Participatory Defense Gets the Community Involved in the Courtroom w/Raj Jayadev | 29 Oct 2024 | 01:08:43 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Raj Jayadev of Silicon Valley De-Bug to discuss participatory defense. In the early 2000's, Raj and SVDB sought to give communities a voice in places they traditionally were excluded from or ignored. Eventually, the community made clear that they needed and wanted a way to be more involved with the criminal legal system. From there, SVDB came up with participatory defense to help communities navigate the criminal legal system and play an active role in the defense of members of their community.
Guests: Raj Jayadev, Coordinator of Silicon Valley De-Bug and National Participatory Defense Network
Resources: Silicon Valley De-Bug Website https://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/ And Socials https://www.facebook.com/sv.debug https://www.instagram.com/sv_debug/
Pick up a Copy of Raj's Book https://thenewpress.com/books/protect-your-people https://www.amazon.com/Protect-Your-People-Participatory-Incarceration/dp/1620977001
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| 405 | How The Miami Public Defenders Got Their Workloads Under Control w/Carlos Martinez | 14 Oct 2025 | 01:00:38 | |
Today, Hunter was joined once again by Carlos Martinez, Chief Public Defender in Miami Dade County. This time, Carlos joined to explain the tech innovations he implemented to get workloads under control, how immigration enforcement is impacting their practice, and the danger of the state pursuing more capital cases.
Guest: Carlos Martinez, Chief Public Defender, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Resources: Contact OPD Here https://www.pdmiami.com/public-defender/home.page
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| 291 | How the Innocence Project of New Orleans is Fighting to Keep the Innocent out of Prison w/Jee Park | 24 Oct 2024 | 01:05:05 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Jee Park, the Executive Director of the Innocence Project of New Orleans to discuss wrongful convictions and post-conviction work in Louisiana. After our past two episodes, it should be clear that there are serious issues with adult and youth representation in Louisiana. Unfortunately, this keeps groups like IPNO extremely busy, and that ensures that inevitably they will not be able to help every person who Louisiana has wrongfully convicted.
Guests: Jee Park, Executive Director, Innocence Project New Orleans
Resources: Learn more about IPNO https://www.facebook.com/IPNOLA/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCndzvJoSSZSqgT4_0D42zdw/videos https://www.instagram.com/_ipno_/
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| 290 | How Louisiana's Governor is Reviving the "Super Predator" Myth to Police, Prosecute and Jail Young People w/Hannah Van De Car | 23 Oct 2024 | 01:00:49 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Hannah Van De Car to discuss the recent "tough on crime" policies that Louisiana Jeff Landry is pursuing in the Youth Justice space. From a repeal of raise the age to increased future punishment for children in possession of firearms, Governor Landry is taking an already punitive state and making it into one of the most pro carceral places on Earth.
Guests: Hannah Van De Car, Deputy Legal Director, Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
Resources:
Contact Hannah https://lakidsrights.org/about-us/staff/hannah-van-de-car/ Check out the work of LCCR https://www.facebook.com/lakidsrights https://lakidsrights.org/we-advocate/youth-in-the-adult-system/ https://lakidsrights.org/we-advocate/youth-in-the-juvenile-system/
Reading about the Raise the Age Change https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-teens-prosecution-reverse-raise-the-age
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| 289 | The Horrible Direction Louisiana Public Defense is Headed Under its New Leadership w/Derwyn Bunton | 22 Oct 2024 | 01:10:31 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Derwyn Bunton. The last time Derwyn was on the show, he was the chief Public Defender in the Orleans Parish of Louisiana, but he is now the Chief Legal Officer at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Today, Derwyn joined the show to discuss what has been happening with Louisiana's Public Defender system. Specifically, Derwyn is here to discuss the consolidation of power into the hands of Remy Starns and the policies Remy is pursuing with his new found power.
Guests: Derwyn Bunton, Chief Legal Officer, Southern Poverty Law Center
Resources: Contact the Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.instagram.com/splcenter/ https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter https://www.splcenter.org/about/staff/derwyn-bunton
Coverage of Louisiana Public Defense https://boltsmag.org/jeff-landry-louisiana-public-defense/
Board votes down Starns' proposal for salary cuts
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| 288 | The Problems and Potential for Utah's Patchwork Youth Defense System w/Pam Vickrey | 17 Oct 2024 | 00:59:11 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Pam Vickrey, Executive Director of the Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys to discuss a recent report, conducted in partnership with the Gault Center, about the problems and promises of Youth Defense in Utah.
Guests: Pam Vickrey, Executive Director, Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys
Resources: Read the Report Here https://www.defendyouthrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Utah-Assessment-Report.pdf Check out More of the Gault Center's Work https://www.defendyouthrights.org/ Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys
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| 287 | How California Law Enforcement Agencies are Keeping Police Misconduct Hidden w/Katey Rusch | 16 Oct 2024 | 00:58:26 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by journalist Katey Rusch to discuss her recent bombshell reporting on California law enforcement agencies use of "clean record" agreements to keep police misconduct from defense lawyers, the public, and even other law enforcement agencies.
Guests: Katey Rusch, Reporter, California
Resources: Contact Katey https://journalism.berkeley.edu/person/katey-rusch/ https://www.facebook.com/kateyrusch/
Read the Reporting Here: https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/police-clean-record-agreements/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/clean-record-agreements-investigation-19752768.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/police-clean-record-agreements-pensions/
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| 286 | The Courts Giving Young People the Specialized Resources they Need to Succeed w/Paul Bowen and Jacqueline van Wormer | 15 Oct 2024 | 01:02:01 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Paul Bowen and Jacqueline van Wormer Ph.D. to discuss the juvenile treatment courts that they have helped set up around the country. As has been the case on previous episodes about youth defense, today we discuss both the politics and science behind ensuring that courts are considering the unique needs of the youth being processed through them.
Guests: Paul Bowen, Project Director, Treatment Court Institute, All Rise Jacquline van Wormer Ph.D., Director, Center for Advancing Justice, All Rise
Resources:
All Rise https://allrise.org/news/meet-our-divisions-4/ https://www.instagram.com/allrise_org/ https://www.facebook.com/AllRise.org https://www.youtube.com/@AllRise_org https://www.linkedin.com/company/weallrise Contact Paul https://allrise.org/our-team/paul-bowen/ Contact Jacqueline https://crmj.wsu.edu/chair-faculty-graduate-students-and-staff/faculty/jacqueline-van-wormer/
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| 285 | How the Civil Legal System Makes it Difficult to Hold Larry Nassar, the Catholic Church, and Other Powerful Organizations Accountable w/Parker Stinar | 10 Oct 2024 | 01:05:33 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by civil litigator Park Stinar to discuss his work in suing people and organizations who have sexually violated his clients. Through his career, Parker has pursued justice against Larry Nassar and Michigan State, the Catholic Church, Juvenile Detention Facilities, and the University of Michigan because of their role in the sexual assault of his clients. While not a normal episode for the show, today we ask a vitally important question: If our criminal legal system is operating properly and it is difficult to secure a conviction, what other avenues are available to people to get remedy and redress for the wrongs done to them?
Guests: Parker Stinar, Managing Partner, Stinar Gould Grieco and Hensley
Resources: Parker Stinar Contact https://www.sgghlaw.com/attorneys/parker-stinar/ Catholic Church https://ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/louisiana-supreme-court-church-abuse-case/ Larry Nasser and University of Michigan State
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| 284 | How Alabama's Fines and Fees Fail Criminal Defendants, Victims, and the Entire State w/Leah Nelson and Judge Stephen Wallace | 09 Oct 2024 | 01:13:16 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Leah Nelson, and this time, she is joined by Judge Stepehen Wallace. On today's episode, Leah and Judge Wallace are her to unveil their years long research into the fines and fees that the Jefferson County, Alabama Courts are extracting from criminal defendants. As will surprise no one who listens to the show, the fines and fees program fails the accused, fails victims, fails to fund the legal system, and thus, fails the entire state of Alabama.
Guests: Leah Nelson, Co-Founder, Jefferson County Equitable Fines and Fees Project, Alabama Stepehen Wallace, Circuit Judge, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Alabama
Resources: Coverage of Aug. 2024 Releases https://aldailynews.com/court-fee-system-inefficient-discriminatory-research-finds/ https://aldailynews.com/column-crime-and-garnishment/ https://aldailynews.com/capitol-journal-september-13-2024/
Oct. 2024 paper with IBM https://krvarshney.github.io/pubs/LaraYejasJMNSTNBV_aies2024.pdf
Aug. 2024 with MDRC https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/JeffCoFines%26Fees_Brief_FInal.pdf
Background reading on-- Brookside (the Ferguson of Alabama): https://www.al.com/bankingoncrime/ Alabama tax policy and how the Alabama constitution encourages reliance on fines and fees: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/opinion/alabama-fines-fees.html
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| 283 | The Restorative Justice Program Trying to Heal the Wounds of a Wrongful Conviction w/Jennifer Thompson and Jamie Lau | 08 Oct 2024 | 01:10:50 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by two people who's work attempts to bring people together to heal after a wrongful conviction. Jennifer Thompson, Founder of Healing Justice, and Professor Jamie Lau from Duke University join the show to discuss how they help the wrongfully convicted, the victims in a wrongful conviction, the families of both, and the communities they are from come together to talk and hopefully heal from the bomb that is a wrongful conviction
Guests: Jennifer Thompson, Founder, Healing Justice Jamie Lau, Clinical Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
Resources: Healing Justice Website https://healingjusticeproject.org/ Contact Jamie Innocence Network
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| 282 | How a Former Public Defender Hopes to End Mass Incarceration as a Progressive Prosecutor w/Matthew S | 03 Oct 2024 | 01:05:40 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by former Public Defender and current Senior Advisor to District Attorney Larry Krasner, Matthew Stiegler. After Tuesday's episode, we saw the promise and limitations of Public Defenders holding police accountable, and today, we examine those same promises and limitations for criminal legal reforms that progressive prosecution offers.
Guests: Matthew Stiegler, Senior Advisor to District Attorney Larry Krasner, Philadelphia
Resources: Follow Matthew on Twitter https://x.com/matthewstiegler?lang=en Philly DA
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| 404 | How Enforcing Workload Standards Changed the Culture and the Future of Montana Public Defense | 10 Oct 2025 | 02:22:48 | |
Today, Hunter was joined by several amazing public defenders from the Montana Public Defender System. Each one of them joins the show to talk about the truly transformative effects that workload limits have had on the system, what they hope to see continue to improve in the system, and how the work is finally sustainable because they have enforced workload standards.
Guest: Brett Schandelson, Chief Public Defender, Montana Office of the State Public Defender David Carter, Managing Attorney, Polson, Montana Office of the State Public Defender Natasha Fernando, Managing Attorney, Billings Conflict Division, Montana Office of the State Public Defender Clair Lettow, Managing Attorney, Great Falls, Montana Office of the State Public Defender Nick Aemisegger, Managing Attorney, Kalispell, Montana Office of the State Public Defender Jeavon Lang, Managing Attorney, Appellate, Montana Office of the State Public Defender Qasim Abdul Baki, Public Defender, Montana Office of the State Public Defender
Resources: Contact OPD Here https://publicdefender.mt.gov/
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| 281 | How Philly Public Defenders Uncovered Systemic Abuses in the Philly Police Department w/Paula Sen and Michael Mellon | 01 Oct 2024 | 01:11:53 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by two Philly Public Defenders, Michael Mellon and Paula Sen, to discuss how their work with the Philly Public Defender Police Accountability Unit helped to uncover a systemic pattern and practice of lies and illegal use of surveillance cameras.
Guests: Paula Sen, Assistant Public Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia Michael Mellon, Assistant Public Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia
Resources: Reporting on the Illegal use of Surveillance Cameras
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| 280 | Why did the Stanislaus County Public Defender Say they Were Ready to Refuse Taking New Cases w/Jennifer Jennison | 26 Sep 2024 | 01:09:01 | |
Today, Hunter is joined by Stanislaus County Chief Public Defender, Jennifer Jennison. In the past year, Jennifer has been confronted with the most challenging question a Chief can face: Should I refuse to take on new cases because the current workload that my attorneys have is unethically high? Today's episode attempts to understand that historical and current conditions that lead Jennifer to make this difficult decision.
Guests: Jennifer Jennison, Chief Public Defender, Stanislaus County, California
Resources:
Modesto Bee Reporting https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article288551423.html Stanislaus County Public Defender https://www.stancounty.com/publicdefender/ OSPD Reporting on Public Defense in California
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| 279 | The Problems with Public Defense in Nueces County Texas w/Jessica Brand and Adrienne Johnson | 24 Sep 2024 | 00:59:38 | |
Today, Hunter is joined once again by Jessica Brand and Adrienne Johnson of the Wren Collective. This time, Jessica and Adrienne join to discuss their recent report about the failings of Public Defense in Nueces County, Texas.
Guests: Jessica Brand, Founder, Wren Collective Adrienne Johnson, Senior Counsel, Wren Collective Resources:
Wren Collective Website https://www.wrencollective.org/
Wren Collective Report https://www.wrencollective.orgfiles/ugd/8fe8f057ace02e045642318ef78fa366f9c32d.pdf
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