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Public Defenseless

Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system is perpetuating cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people simply trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the justice system and what we can do about it. Join host, Hunter Parnell, as he interviews top defense attorneys and criminal justice stakeholders from across the country as they pull apart the convoluted web of our criminal justice system. Like so many of you, Hunter is not an attorney, simply tired of a news cycle and talking heads that offer no real solutions to the ever-growing list of problems we face. Hunter hopes that with this information, you will share his belief that ordinary people still can make a difference.

info_outline 380 | How Washington is Helping People Who Have been Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity w/Tim Ray Johnson, Dennis Calhoun, and Amanda Ulrich 07/31/2025
info_outline 379 | How Washington is Trying to Recruit and Keep Lawyers in Rural Parts of the State w/ Nat Jacob, Elizabeth Mustin, Rachel Cortez 07/29/2025
info_outline 378 | Why is Oklahoma Going to Execute a Man who Didn't Kill Anyone? w/Amanda Bass Castro Alves 07/24/2025
info_outline 377 | How Was a Man Convicted of Murder When He Wasn't in the State When the Crime Occurred? w/Erica Nichols Cook 07/22/2025
info_outline 376 | How a Law School Clinic is Trying to Prevent Gun Violence Through Litigation w/Megan Walsh and Anthony Benz 07/17/2025
info_outline 375 | The Law Clinic Helping Public Defenders Fight Back Against New Police Technology w/Megan Graham 07/15/2025
info_outline 374 | How were Incarcerated People Impacted by the NY Correctional Officers' Illegal Wild Cat Strike? w/Emily Napier Singletary and Derek Singletary 07/10/2025
info_outline 373 | How a Public Defender Investigator Unsolved a Murder w/Anat Rubin 07/09/2025
info_outline 372 | The Community Organizers Helping Detroit Reach its Lowest Crime Rate in 60 Years w/Dujuan "Zoe" Kennedy 07/08/2025
info_outline 371 | The Cruelty Kids Face at the Intersection of Criminal and Immigration Law w/Claire Valentin and Hayley Upshaw 07/03/2025
info_outline 370 | How Public Defenders Can Make a Difference in Immigration Defense w/Ali Saidi 07/02/2025
info_outline 369 | Why California Has and Needs its Immigration Sanctuary Laws w/Angela Chan 07/01/2025
info_outline 368 | The Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Delaware w/Kevin O'Connell 06/26/2025
info_outline 367 | After a Rocky Start, What Does the Future Hold for Idaho's New State Public Defender System w/Eric Fredericksen 06/24/2025
info_outline 366 | How Public Defenders Can Create Equitable Public Safety Policies w/Hans Menos and Rob Kenter 06/19/2025
info_outline 365 | How San Francisco Public Defenders Used the Racial Justice Act to Combat Implicit Racial Bias in the Legal System w/Sujung Kim and Lilah Wolf 06/17/2025
info_outline 364 | How Cops Mess Up the Investigation Child Sex Assault Cases w/Christina Sally and Chris Bertram 06/12/2025
info_outline 363 | Why is the LA County DA Bringing Back Death Penalty Prosecutions? w/Ricardo Garcia 06/10/2025
info_outline 362 | Is Illinois Taking the First Step to Establish State Wide Public Defense? w/Elisabeth Pollock and Stephanie Kollmann 06/05/2025
info_outline 361 | How a New Bail Law and Immigration Enforcement is Impacting Public Defense in Charleston, South Carolina w/Cameron Blazer 06/03/2025
info_outline 360 | Is There a Better Way to Teach Criminal Law Part II w/Andrew Crespo 05/29/2025
info_outline 359 | Is There a Better Way to Teach Criminal Law? Part I w/Alice Ristroph 05/27/2025
info_outline 358 | Why has the San Francisco Public Defender Stopped Taking New Cases One Day a Week? w/Mano Raju 05/23/2025
info_outline 357 | Why are Minnesota Public Defenders Trying to Form an Independent Union? w/Bob Kolstad, Maggie Bott, Olivia Henstein 05/22/2025
info_outline 356 | How the Chief Public Defender of Louisiana is Retaliating Against Public Defenders who Oppose his Power Grab w/Jim Boren 05/20/2025
info_outline 355 | How Missouri Public Defenders are Leading the Nation In Statewide Holistic Defender Services w/Missouri Public Defenders 05/15/2025
info_outline 354 | With so Many Good Things Happening in Massachusetts, When Will Public Defenders Finally Get They Pay Raises they Deserve? w/Anthony Benedetti 05/13/2025
info_outline 353 | After 18 Years in Prison, How One Man is Still Fighting to Prove his Innocence w/Ivery Dorsey 05/08/2025
info_outline 352 | How Public Defense in Harris County Texas Evolved from a Contract System to a Holistic One w/Alex Bunin 05/06/2025
info_outline 351 | How Flat-Fee Contracts Undermine the Right to Counsel in California w/Josh Schwartz 05/01/2025
 
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