Public Defenseless
Hunter ParnellAnyone 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 acr... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 503 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | NewsGovernmentPolitics | |||
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Today, Hunter was joined by Nia Holston from the Abolitionist Law Center and Sean Damon of Straight-Ahead to discuss a case out of Pennsylvania. In Commonwealth v. Lee, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down mandatory life without the possibility... more
Today, Hunter was joined by Professor Deborah Lolai to discuss her law review article, Out of the Closet, in on Bail. In the article, Deborah details the systemic issues within the bail system, especially as they relate to LGBTQ+ individuals. She exp... more
Today, Hunter was joined by Salil Dudani and Carson White from the Civil Rights Corps. Since they were founded, the Civil Rights Corps has been one of the leaders in the fight to end cash bail. Today, Carson and Salil joined to explain the recent Cal... more
Today, Hunter was joined by John Haried a career prosecutor in the Department of Justice. After more than 30 years with the Department, John walked away after seeing the abuses in under the Second Trump Administration. Today, he joined the show to he... more
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- Great coverage of an important issue
I’m a California law student interested in working in the criminal justice system, unsure on which side but learning about and listening to various public defender issues is really eye opening. Hunter does a great job with all of his interviews.
Apple Podcasts5Person24
United Statesa month ago - Well, worth giving it a listen
As a choir member“ I often very much enjoy the topics of discussion and it is almost always delivered with good preaching and that’s just what you need in times like these when you know that the choir are the only people who you’re going to convince to sing.
Apple Podcasts5iPaul-ProUnited States3 months ago - Great show.
Keep it up.
Apple Podcasts5PJ BarkerUnited States9 months ago - Exposes Criminal Abuses
Public Defenseless details how the presumption of innocence is fiction in courtrooms across the country.
While we supposedly have the right to a trial by a jury of our peers, defendants who are largely Black and Latino men, are compelled to take pleas or face lengthy, painful incarceration.
The American justice system as revealed by Public Defenseless is so deeply broken and must be reformed.
Apple Podcasts5rachelm1972United Statesa year ago - Shedding Light Where It Needs to Be Shed
As a former Colorado public defender (and still indigent criminal defense attorney), I’m biased in favor of the excellent coverage of issues in Colorado, including the crisis in our state public defender system and the horrors unfolding in municipal courts.
But I also love every episode from elsewhere in the country. It’s so easy for us to be in our silos and forget that there are hundreds of other offices out there facing similar challenges and coming up with innovative solutions. This podcast... more
Apple Podcasts5drewmm10United Statesa year ago
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Public Defenseless covers the intersection of public defense, labor dynamics, and criminal justice reform through in-depth interviews with defense attorneys, researchers, union organizers, and policy advocates. Recent episodes consistently center on workload, wellbeing, caseload transparency, debt relief, and systemic reform, often pairing frontline defender perspectives with data-driven analysis and political context. A standout pattern is the willingness to tackle tough topics—retaliation within offices, unionization, and ambitious state-level reforms—using personal stories, investigative context, and practical policy ideas to illuminate what change could look like in practice. This mix of on-the-ground experience, rigorous discussion of ... more
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