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Criminal (In)justice

David Harrisredcircle.com

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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Episodes

Bonus: Testing the Power of Seattle's Police Union

A federal judge says Seattle's new contract with police puts the city out of compliance with a 2012 consent that was supposed to make officers more accountable for use of force. We'll be watching this one closely. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jun 07, 20198 min

Bonus: Refocusing Reform

$17 million in grants from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation seek to refocus attention on an area of criminal justice reform that's been largely overlooked in the push to end mass incarceration: conditions inside prisons. Small, Safe, and Humane: A Vision for Prison Reform Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jun 04, 20197 min

Bonus: Facing the Future of Facial Recognition

A dystopian scene in London, where police are deploying facial recognition cameras on streets and issuing citations to passersby who don't consent to be scanned. Is this our future? Fines And Facial Recognition - BBC Click Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Jun 01, 20198 min

#105 Changing Use of Force Law

In the last five years, we’ve seen case after case of police killing unarmed civilians – even people running away. Usually, officers do not face charges; when they do, juries often acquit them. Does the law governing police use of force favor police? Our guest, Professor Cynthia Lee , is one of the leading thinkers on use of force law, and she’ll discuss proposed changes. Article: “Reforming the Law on Police Use of Deadly Force” Maryland HB 1121 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/bran...

May 28, 201945 min

Bonus: Former Prosecutors on Trump Obstruction

Hundreds of former federal prosecutors are now on record that -- but for the Justice Department's policy against prosecuting sitting presidents -- the Mueller report contains ample evidence to bring obstruction charges against Donald Trump. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

May 24, 20199 min

Bonus: San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition

In the metropolitan heart of the tech industry, San Francisco bars police and city agencies from using facial recognition software. The latest in a string of recent stories we've been following on evolving technologies of surveillance. CI #36 Alvaro Bedoya CI #49 Barry Friedman Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...

May 21, 201910 min

Ask Dave: What Can We Do About Surveillance?

Apropos of our recent episode on ALPRs , Holly from Idaho asks: what can we, as citizens, do about these surveillance systems that seem to be popping up in the digital world? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

May 18, 201914 min
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