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Public Defenseless

Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system perpetuates cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people just trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the system and what we can do about it. Host Hunter Parnell talks with defense attorneys, advocates, scholars and journalists from across the country as they pull apart the system’s convoluted web. Disclaimer: Hunter Parnell hosts Public Defenseless in his personal capacity. The views expressed by the host and guests are their own and do not represent the Aurora Municipal Public Defender or any guest’s employer. Nothing on this show is legal advice, and listening does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you are facing criminal charges, talk to a lawyer.

info_outline 527 | Why it is so Important for Public Defenders to Expand the Right to Counsel to Family Defense w/Kelly Driscoll 10/20/2026
info_outline Bonus: Vote No on Proposition 132, the Colorado Fentanyl Measure From a Conservative Dark Money Group, with Kyle Giddings 10/16/2026
info_outline 526 | How Public Defenders can use New Second Amendment Supreme Court Case to Win Self-Defense Claims w/Jacob Charles 10/15/2026
info_outline 525 | Will Police Soon be Deploying Armed Autonomous Drones to a Neighborhood Near You? w/Matthew Guariglia 10/14/2026
info_outline 524 | How Police and Their Unions Became One of the Most Powerful Forces in American Politics w/Stuart Schrader 10/13/2026
info_outline 523 | How the Number One Tool for Mass Deportations Might be Unconstitutional w/Eric Fish 10/08/2026
info_outline 522 | After Nearly Two Decades as an Immigration Judge, Why Did She Decide to Leave Under the Second Trump Administration? w/Judge Mimi Tsankov 10/06/2026
info_outline 521 | How the Media is Missing What is Really Causing Alaska's Legal System to Fail w/Amanda Harber and David Case 10/01/2026
info_outline 520 | Can Prisons be Reformed? What History Tells Us About the Failed Attempts w/C.J. Ciaramella 09/30/2026
info_outline 519 | How the Maryland Defender Union is Organizing for Better Working Conditions, Pay, and Workloads w/Rachel Kiefer, Alexis Rossetti, and Kalia Woods 09/29/2026
info_outline 518 | Did the Supreme Court Finally Ensure the Fourth Amendment Protects Our Data? Part 2 w/Andrew Ferguson 09/24/2026
info_outline 517 | Did the Supreme Court Finally Ensure the Fourth Amendment Protects Our Data? Part 1 w/Jumana Musa 09/22/2026
info_outline 516 | Will a New Commission Finally Get California to Fund Public Defense? w/Chesa Boudin 09/17/2026
info_outline 515 | How Public Defense is Failing in Rural California w/Rio Scharf and Josh Schwartz 09/15/2026
info_outline 514 | How the Prison System fails to Offer Second Chances w/Jesse Crosson 09/10/2026
info_outline 513 | How to Teach Kids to Think like a Public Defender w/Emily Galvin Almanza 09/08/2026
info_outline 512 | How Public Advocacy Secured Missouri Public Defenders Pay Parity and Much More w/Matthew Crowell and Jet McDonald 09/03/2026
info_outline 511 | God Forgives, Brothers Don't: The Long March of Military Education and the Making of American Manhood w/Jasper Craven 09/01/2026
info_outline 510 | What are a Defense Lawyer's Ethical Obligations When They Use A.I.? w/Mason Clark 08/27/2026
info_outline 509 | How to Create Workload Standards for Public Defenders w/Malia Brink 08/25/2026
info_outline 508 | Will Underfunding Push the Defenders Association of Philadelphia to Stop Accepting New Cases? w/Keisha Hudson 08/20/2026
info_outline 507 | Robin "Rocky" Myers was Wrongfully Convicted of Murder. Was his Defense Lawyer in the Ku Klux Klan? w/Leah Nelson 08/18/2026
info_outline 506 | Pink Crime: How to Fight the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity w/Valena Beety 08/13/2026
info_outline 505 | Will Automation Make it Harder to Keep Junk Science out of Court? w/Lisa Waters 08/11/2026
info_outline 504 | By Helping Victims and Perpetrators, Domestic Violence can Be Solved Without Relying on the Criminal Legal System w/Liz Ortenburger 08/06/2026
info_outline 503 | Why is the NDS Union on Strike? UPDATE THEY WON!! w/Ashley Munger, Katherine Shamsie, and Samantha Rudelich 08/04/2026
info_outline 502 | How a Not Guilty Verdict in a Homicide Case Shows the Promise of Idaho's Statewide Public Defense System w/Eric Fredericksen and Doug Nelson 07/30/2026
info_outline 501 | Why Public Defenders Need the Insights and Expertise of Formerly Incarcerated People in Their Offices w/Jennifer Jennison and Sammy Provencio 07/28/2026
info_outline 500 | Public Defense is Underfunded, but by How Much? Putting a Conservative Number on the Cost of the Right to Counsel w/Ben Polk 07/23/2026
info_outline 499 | When Delays in the Appointment of Counsel Violate the Constitution w/Eve Primus 07/21/2026
 
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