Justice In America
Summary: Justice in America, hosted by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith, is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform— from those new to the system to experts who want to know more. Each episode we cover a new criminal justice issue. We explain how it works and look at its impact on people, particularly poor people and people of color. We’ll also interview activists, practitioners, experts, journalists, organizers, and others, to learn. By the end of the episode, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of what drives mass incarceration and what can fix it.
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Podcasts:
Episode 17: Felony Murder
Episode 16: A Conversation with Kim Foxx
Episode 15: Crime, Justice, and the Media
How do judges affect mass incarceration, and what role do judicial elections play? Today we’re looking at a topic that doesn’t get a lot of attention - the relationship between judges, corporate money, big business interests, and mass incarceration. We talk to Alicia Bannon, Program Manager at the Brennan Center, about the role of Judicial Elections in mass incarceration, and how fear-mongering is used to incentivize harsh decision making. For links to resources visit theappeal.org
Episode 13: Juvenile Justice
On this episode, we explore the countless ways the criminal justice system criminalizes poverty—and homelessness in particular. From what is considered criminal to how it is punished, people that are poor or experiencing homelessness in America are punished exponentially more in our system. We talk to Sara Totonchi, the Executive Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights. For links to resources, please visit theappeal.org
What does it mean to be a public defender in America? Why do we have the right to counsel? And why is it important that all people have access to a zealous advocate, even those who may be guilty of serious crimes? We discuss all of this on this week’s episode. We also talk to Jon Rapping, the founder and President of Gideon’s Promise and a leader in the field of public defense. For more information please visit theappeal.org
Each show we discuss a topic in the American criminal justice system and try to explain what it is and how it works.
Episode 10: A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates
Episode 9: How Democrats and Republicans Created Mass Incarceration
Episode 8: Crimmigration
Episode 7: The New American Prosecutor
Episode 6 - The Victims of Mass Incarceration
Episode 5: Excluded from Democracy
Episode 4: A conversation with John Legend
