Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: A Discussion with Hillary Blout
Send us Fan Mail In 1997, Peter Heyberger was convicted of residential burglary and attempted residential burglary. It was his third conviction, and so, under California’s “Three Strikes” law, Mr. Hey...
7 Aug 202443min
Defending Justice: The Challenges of Public Defense in Pennsylvania with Sara Jacobson & Julia Burke
Send us Fan Mail The right to counsel in criminal cases is, by now, well established in a series of United States Supreme Court precedents. And yet, local jurisdictions have for too long found themsel...
13 Juni 202444min
Professor Saul Kassin & Professor Jules Epstein: False Confessions
Send us Fan Mail Confessions by criminal defendants are regarded as the most powerful evidence of guilt. So why would an innocent person confess to a crime they did not commit? That question and the t...
6 Juni 202454min
Locked Within: The Hidden Realities of Solitary Confinement with Keramet Reiter & Oneg Ben Dror
Send us Fan Mail The prospect of long-term solitary confinement, being housed alone in custody for months and sometimes even years, is daunting for criminal defendants and their counsel. In May 2023, ...
30 Maj 202439min
Daniel Kaplan on Justice Barrett's Scalia-esque Influence on Criminal Justice Cases
Send us Fan Mail On September 26, 2020, then-President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Upon confirmation, Justice Barrett took the seat of Justice Ru...
9 Maj 202442min
A Discussion with Professor Lucian Dervan on the Urgent Need for Plea Bargain Reform
Send us Fan Mail Our guest is Professor Lucian Dervan, the founding Director of the Plea Bargaining Institute and a Professor of Law and Director of Criminal Justice Studies at Belmont University Coll...
18 Apr 202447min
Progressive Justice: Inside the Office of Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner
Send us Fan Mail Larry Krasner is a former criminal defense and civil rights lawyer who has become one of the most high profile inner city District Attorneys to lead the city prosecutor’s office of an...
21 Mars 202451min
Jeff Grant’s Remarkable Recovery from Addiction and His Return, from Federal Prison, to the Life of the Law
Send us Fan Mail It takes about 3 hours to drive from Greenwich, Connecticut to the Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania. Jeffery D. Grant knows this because he took that d...
22 Feb 202442min
