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Public Defenseless

Anyone 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…

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Latest episodes

1. 505 | Will Automation Make it Harder to Keep Junk Science out of Court? w/Lisa Waters11 Aug 2026
2. 504 | By Helping Victims and Perpetrators, Domestic Violence can Be Solved Without Relying on the Criminal Legal System w/Liz Ortenburger6 Aug 2026
3. 503 | Why is the NDS Union on Strike? UPDATE THEY WON!! w/Ashley Munger, Katherine Shamsie, and Samantha Rudelich4 Aug 2026
4. 502 | How a Not Guilty Verdict in a Homicide Case Shows the Promise of Idaho's Statewide Public Defense System w/Eric Fredericksen and Doug Nelson30 Jul 2026
5. 501 | Why Public Defenders Need the Insights and Expertise of Formerly Incarcerated People in Their Offices w/Jennifer Jennison and Sammy Provencio28 Jul 2026
6. 500 | Public Defense is Underfunded, but by How Much? Putting a Conservative Number on the Cost of the Right to Counsel w/Ben Polk23 Jul 2026
7. 499 | When Delays in the Appointment of Counsel Violate the Constitution w/Eve Primus21 Jul 2026
8. 498 | How the Allegheny County Public Defender is Getting their Clients Out of Custody and into Care w/Alena Chulick16 Jul 2026
9. 497 | How Did the Tribal Defenders Office of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Build a Model Holistic Defender Service w/Ann Miller, Susette Billedeaux, and Josh Cahoon14 Jul 2026
10. 496 | Why the Lawyers Handling 80% of Massachusetts's Public Defender Cases Stopped Taking New Cases Part 2 w/Shira Diner9 Jul 2026