Criminal (In)justice
David Harris
Sometimes challenging, often disturbing, occasionally absurd, always timely: Criminal Injustice explores the most complex and urgent issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system in conversation with the field's most knowledgeable experts. Professor David Harris and guests take on everything from racial bias to use of force... from surveillance technology to mass incarceration... and from police abuse and misconduct to the astonishing, frequently hilarious misdeeds of "Lawyers Behaving Badly." It's not a lecture hall, and you don't need a law degree to keep up. But you'll walk away from each episode with a deeper, richer understanding of what's wrong with the criminal justice system – and how to fix it.
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#112 Understanding Rising Suicide Rates Among Police
Criminal (In)justice
01/21/20 • 56 min
Police suicides are on the rise. Just how bad is the problem? Why is it happening, and what can be done to stop it?
Sandy Jo MacArthur is a former Assistant Chief for the Los Angeles Police Department who now coordinates mental health training for all Los Angeles County law enforcement.
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Bonus: Progressive Prosecutors in the Crosshairs
Criminal (In)justice
02/16/21 • 7 min
San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin and Los Angeles DA George Gascon are the newest members of a club we've been following for a while: progressive prosecutors elected on ambitious criminal justice reform platforms. Like their counterparts in Chicago, Philadelphia, St Louis, and other cities where voters have demanded sweeping change, Boudin and Gascon are facing fierce pushback from defenders of the status quo.
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Bonus: Cue the Grand Jury
Criminal (In)justice
03/04/22 • 11 min
Grand juries are a handy tool for prosecutors, providing a ready pretext for any potentially controversial decision to bring charges or, as is often the case with police accused of crimes, not bring charges. Do grand jury proceedings serve any purpose, or are they just theater? Dave explains on 90.5 WESA's The Confluence.
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#148 Criminalizing Black Youth
Criminal (In)justice
11/30/21 • 49 min
The criminal legal system has left us with too little justice, and too much mass incarceration, racial disparities, and lifelong burdens on those it touches. But few groups suffer as much under the system’s burdens as young black people.
How America criminalizes black youth – we discuss it with Professor Kristin Henning, author of “The Rage of Innocence: How American Criminalizes Black Youth.”
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Bonus: COVID-19 and Funding Public Defense
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05/05/20 • 6 min
Louisiana's public defender system is funded by fines from traffic violations. But with far fewer cars on the road due to COVID-19, an already badly underfunded system is at the breaking point.
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Bonus: Progressive Prosecutors Face Primaries
Criminal (In)justice
03/28/20 • 9 min
Chicago's progressive chief prosecutor, Kim Foxx, has survived her first reelection challenge in the Democratic primary. Meanwhile, reformer and Criminal Injustice alumnus George Gascon may be poised to knock off the tough-on-crime incumbent DA in Los Angeles. We review the latest on progressive prosecutors in politics.
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Bonus: Chauvin Guilty
Criminal (In)justice
04/23/21 • 15 min
A Minneapolis jury has found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts in the murder of George Floyd. What does it mean for criminal justice reform?
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Teaser: The Three Kamala Harrises
Criminal (In)justice
09/16/19 • 4 min
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To understand Sen. Kamala Harris's criminal justice positions, you have to look at each of the three distinct phases of her career: politically ambitious prosecutor in San Francisco, controversial "top cop" AG of California, and Democratic primary contender lurching leftward as consensus shifts on the issues that defined her. Which is the real Harris?
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Bonus: Supreme Court Session Preview
Criminal (In)justice
10/25/21 • 17 min
Dave previews some of the big cases coming before the U.S. Supreme Court this session -- first with Kevin Gavin on 90.5 WESA's "The Confluence," then continuing with extra podcast-only analysis of cases not covered in the segment.
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Bonus: The Confluence, October 1
Criminal (In)justice
10/22/19 • 9 min
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court declines to hear a challenge to the state's death penalty law. Dave provides analysis on 90.5 WESA's The Confluence.
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How many episodes does Criminal (In)justice have?
Criminal (In)justice currently has 187 episodes available.
What topics does Criminal (In)justice cover?
The podcast is about News, Podcasts and Government.
What is the most popular episode on Criminal (In)justice?
The episode title 'Bonus: Progressive Prosecutors in the Crosshairs' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Criminal (In)justice?
The average episode length on Criminal (In)justice is 27 minutes.
How often are episodes of Criminal (In)justice released?
Episodes of Criminal (In)justice are typically released every 4 days, 8 hours.
When was the first episode of Criminal (In)justice?
The first episode of Criminal (In)justice was released on May 18, 2019.
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