How Missouri Public Defenders are Leading the Nation In Statewide Holistic Defender Services w/Missouri Public Defenders

May 16

Today, Hunter was joined by a whole host of characters from the Missouri Public Defender System. When Hunter last looked into Missouri Public Defense, he spoke with Annie Legomsky to discuss the remarkable project of implementing Holistic Defense statewide. As one of the only statewide systems with holistic defense, Missouri stands as a great example of how finding creative sources of funding can allow Public Defenders to demonstrate to legislators the potential Public Defense has to improve the community once it has the funding to work outside of the four corners of the court room.

Guest

Mary Fox, Chief Public Defender, Missouri

Kellie Duckering, District Defender, Carthage, Missouri

Camille Iorio, Disposition Specialist, Child Defense Team, St. Louis, Missouri

Ben Greene, Mitigation Specialist, Springfield, Missouri

Mae Redmond, Client Advocate, Partners for Justice

Mikayla Kitchen, Holistic Advocate, Missouri

Resources:

Listen to My Episode w/Annie Here

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3vJByEFrCzPreZ1uEJ6Syc?si=_3kujCGWT7mgKrElVJ_gHQ&nd=1&dlsi=07c74dd5ccd94d61

Contact the Missouri Public Defender Here

https://publicdefender.mo.gov/