Hunter Parnell 10/28/26 Hunter Parnell 10/28/26

530 | What Will it Take to Abolish the Death Penalty in California w/Diane Lozano

Diane Lozano of Full Picture Justice explains why prosecutors in California still seek death and what she thinks it will take to end the death penalty.

Hunter Parnell 10/27/26 Hunter Parnell 10/27/26

529 | How Does the Leadership of the Los Angeles County Public Defender Plan to Use Their New Workload Study? w/Ricardo Garcia and Traci Blackburn

Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo García and Assistant Public Defender Traci Blackburn explain how they plan to use a new RAND workload study.

Hunter Parnell 10/22/26 Hunter Parnell 10/22/26

528 | Will Utah’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Force Salt Lake’s Public Defenders to Stop Taking New Cases? w/Richard Mauro.

Richard Mauro of the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association explains Project Rio, which connects clients to services, and Utah’s push for longer sentences.

Hunter Parnell 10/20/26 Hunter Parnell 10/20/26

527 | Why it is so Important for Public Defenders to Expand the Right to Counsel to Family Defense w/Kelly Driscoll

Kelly Driscoll joins the show to explain how Montana set up this system and why it is so important for Public Defenders to do more than just criminal defense.

Hunter Parnell 10/19/26 Hunter Parnell 10/19/26

Bonus: Vote No on Proposition 132, the Colorado Fentanyl Measure From a Conservative Dark Money Group, with Kyle Giddings

Kyle Giddings discusses the Colorado Ballot Initiative, Prop 132, another attempt by the Colorado Conservative dark money group, Advance Colorado, to restart the war on drugs.

Hunter Parnell 10/15/26 Hunter Parnell 10/15/26

526 | How Public Defenders can use New Second Amendment Supreme Court Case to Win Self-Defense Claims w/Jacob Charles

Jacob sits down with Hunter to examine the two newest Supreme Court Second Amendment Cases Wolford and Hemani and detail what these cases could mean for criminal defense lawyers.

Hunter Parnell 10/14/26 Hunter Parnell 10/14/26

525 | Will Police Soon be Deploying Armed Autonomous Drones to a Neighborhood Near You? w/Matthew Guariglia

Matthew joins Hunter, once again, to discuss a new, frightening technology that may be coming to a neighborhood near you: Armed Autonomous Drones.

Hunter Parnell 10/13/26 Hunter Parnell 10/13/26

524 | How Police and Their Unions Became One of the Most Powerful Forces in American Politics w/Stuart Schrader

Hunter is joined by Professor Stuart Schrader to discuss his book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves.

Hunter Parnell 10/11/26 Hunter Parnell 10/11/26

523 | How the Number One Tool for Mass Deportations Might be Unconstitutional w/Eric Fish

Hunter speaks once again with Professor Eric Fish about a law review article he published about our immigration system.

Hunter Parnell 10/6/26 Hunter Parnell 10/6/26

522 | After Nearly Two Decades as an Immigration Judge, Why Did She Decide to Leave Under the Second Trump Administration? w/Judge Mimi Tsankov

Hunter speaks with Judge Mimi Tsankov, former president of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ).

Hunter Parnell 10/2/26 Hunter Parnell 10/2/26

521 | How the Media is Missing What is Really Causing Alaska's Legal System to Fail w/Amanda Harber and David Case

Hunter speaks with two criminal defense lawyers and former Public Defenders from the state of Alaska, Amanda Harber and David Case.

Hunter Parnell 9/30/26 Hunter Parnell 9/30/26

520 | Can Prisons be Reformed? What History Tells Us About the Failed Attempts w/C.J. Ciaramella

Hunter and C.J. explore these eras of prison policy, the reasons why reforms failed, and what those failures tell us about the hope for future prison reforms.

Hunter Parnell 9/29/26 Hunter Parnell 9/29/26

519 | How the Maryland Defender Union is Organizing for Better Working Conditions, Pay, and Workloads w/Rachel Kiefer, Alexis Rossetti, and Kalia Woods

Maryland Defender Union’s Rachel Kierfer, Alexis Rossetti, and Kalia Woods join Hunter to explain the recent victory the union secured to enforce their current contract and how the union is finding its voice to fight for better pay and workloads.