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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 436 | The New York Laws that Could Chip Away at the State's Mass Incarceration Policies w/Thomas Gant 01/22/2026
info_outline 435 | How Alaska is Punishing American Samoans for Believing They Had the Right to Vote w/Alex Burness 01/21/2026
info_outline 434 | Why is a San Francisco Judge Threatening to hold the Public Defender in Contempt? w/Mano Raju 01/20/2026
info_outline 433 | How Pre-Trial Mitigation Can Save People From Incarceration w/Max Miner 01/15/2026
info_outline 432 | How the Denver Municipal Public Defenders Interrupt the Punishment of Poverty w/Alex Flood and Dan Fitzgerald 01/13/2026
info_outline 431 | Lessons Learned from Public Defender Offices Trying to Implement Workload Standards w/Jessie Lenhardt 01/08/2026
info_outline 430 | How Las Vegas Casinos Got a Special Court that Allows them to Punish Poverty on the Las Vegas Strip w/Dallas Anselmo and Olivia Miller 01/06/2026
info_outline 2025 Wrap Up 12/24/2025
info_outline 429 | How Technology Can Improve Public Defense in and out of the Courtroom w/Mohammed Al Rawi and Ryan Wolfe 12/23/2025
info_outline 428 | How Will New Leadership Handle Missouri Public Defender's Low Pay and the State's Mental Health Resource Crisis w/Matthew Crowell 12/18/2025
info_outline 427 | What Happened to Public Defense in Stanislaus County After They Started Talking About Not Taking New Cases? w/Jennifer Jennison 12/16/2025
info_outline 426 | The Conservative Arkansas County Trying to Stop a Prison Being Built Next Door w/Lauren Gill 12/11/2025
info_outline *AUDIO FIXED* 425 | How Ramsey County Prosecutors and Public Defenders are Collaborating to Improve the Legal System w/John Choi and Greg Egan 12/09/2025
info_outline 424 | If You Cannot Afford an Attorney, None Will Be Appointed to You w/Andrew Davies and Shelby Sirivore 12/04/2025
info_outline 423 | How the Los Angeles Public Defender is Revolutionizing the Representation of People with Neurocognitive Disorders w/Noah Cox 12/02/2025
info_outline 422 | What Does it Take to Undo California's Legacy of Mass Incarceration? w/Danielle Harris 11/26/2025
info_outline 421 | How the Law Makes it So Easy for Prosecutors to Withhold Evidence w/Justin Murray 11/25/2025
info_outline 420 | Did the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Defender Services Flagrantly try to Union Bust? w/Heather Stoloff and Andie Markowitz 11/20/2025
info_outline 419 | Why did The CJA Panel in New Mexico Stop Accepting New Cases? w/Ryan Villa 11/19/2025
info_outline 418 | The Organization Trying to Help More than 195,000 Afghan Allies Find Safety w/Shawn VanDiver 11/18/2025
info_outline 417 | How a Jailhouse Lawyer Challenged Louisiana's Mass Incarceration from Inside Angola Prison w/Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull 11/13/2025
info_outline 416 | How Louisiana Built the Project of Mass Incarceration w/Nick Weldon and Eric Seiferth 11/11/2025
info_outline 415 | How the Detroit Justice Center is Helping People Eliminate Their Court Fines and Fees w/Nancy A. Parker and Rubina Mustafa 11/06/2025
info_outline 414 | How California Built a Database to Track Police Misconduct w/Katey Rusch 11/05/2025
info_outline 413 | How New Mexico Joined in On the Fight to End Harmful Court Fines and Fees w/Joanna Weiss 11/04/2025
info_outline 412 | How Pre-Trial Services Can Reduce Incarceration w/David Bennett 10/30/2025
info_outline 411 | How Private Criminal Defense Lawyers Are Trying to Solve Colorado's Rural Attorney Shortage Crisis w/Kristin Ladd, Mesa Anderson, and Blue Daniels 10/29/2025
info_outline 410 | How to Meet the Needs of Incarcerated Women w/Emily Salisbury 10/28/2025
info_outline 409 | How Will Maryland Public Defense Handle It's Workload Crisis and a Slate of New Criminal Law Policies w/Natasha Dartigue 10/23/2025
info_outline 408 | How Georgia's New "Tough on Crime" Laws Could Make Communities Even Less Safe w/Blake Feldman 10/21/2025
 
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