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Hunter Parnell 5/28/24 Hunter Parnell 5/28/24

239 | Elisabeth Pollock and Devshi Mehrotra: How the Champaign IL Public Defenders used A.I. to Revive their Office

How One Illinois Public Defender Office Entered the Digital Age with Justice Text’s Help w/Elisabeth Pollock and Devshi Mehrotra

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Hunter Parnell 5/28/24 Hunter Parnell 5/28/24

238 | Patricia Warth: The Budget Moves Threatening Vital New York Public Defender Services

How a shifting budget landscape could impact Public Defense in New York w/Patricia Warth

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Hunter Parnell 5/21/24 Hunter Parnell 5/21/24

237 | Galit Lipa: The Fight to Get California to View Public Defense as a Public Good and not a Private Luxury

What’s next for Public Defense in California w/Galit Lipa

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Hunter Parnell 5/16/24 Hunter Parnell 5/16/24

236 | Molly Gilbert and Jason Schwarz: How Washington is Implementing Public Defender Workload Standards

The Creative Way that Washington Public Defenders have Created Workload Standards w/Molly Gilbert and Jason Schwarz

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Hunter Parnell 5/14/24 Hunter Parnell 5/14/24

235 | Taylor Herbert: The Many Ways Oregon's Civil Commitment System Fails so Many

How Oregon’s Civil Commitment System is Failing Everyone w/Taylor Herbert

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Hunter Parnell 5/10/24 Hunter Parnell 5/10/24

234 | Stephen Hanlon: Case Withdrawals, Federal Funding, and the Five Year Plan to Fix Public Defense in Oregon

The Five Year Plan to fix Oregon Public Defense w/Stephen Hanlon

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Hunter Parnell 5/7/24 Hunter Parnell 5/7/24

233 | Wachocki: With Almost 3k People Unrepresented, Why is Oregon adding More Cases to the Public Defender Crisis

With the recriminalization of drug possession, what will happen to the already failing Oregon Public Defender System? w/Le Wachocki

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Hunter Parnell 5/2/24 Hunter Parnell 5/2/24

232 | Bernstein: The New York Prison that Started our For Profit Prison Industry

The Prison that started America’s love of For Profit Prisons w/Robin Bernstein

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Hunter Parnell 5/1/24 Hunter Parnell 5/1/24

231 | Dorsey Nunn: From Banning the Box to Restoring the Right to Vote, One Man's Struggle for the Rights of the Current and Formerly Incarcerated

From San Quinten to a Leader of the Fight for the Rights of the Currently and Formerly Incarcerated w/Dorsey Nunn

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Hunter Parnell 4/23/24 Hunter Parnell 4/23/24

230 | The Voices of Victims and Survivors that Alabama Ignores and Neglects w/Leah Nelson and Callie Greer

The victims of violent crimes that Alabama ignores and neglects w/Leah Nelson and Callie Greer

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Hunter Parnell 4/18/24 Hunter Parnell 4/18/24

228 | Why is this Vitally Important Forensic Science so Rarely Used by Defense Attorneys and the Legal System? w/Dr. Shameka Stewart

The Promise of Juvenile Forensic Speech Language Pathology w/Dr. Shameka Stewart

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Hunter Parnell 4/16/24 Hunter Parnell 4/16/24

227 | Where is the Ethical Limit for Zealous Criminal Defense Advocacy? w/Martín Sabelli

Where is the ethical line for providing zealous criminal defense representation w/Martin Sabelli

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Hunter Parnell 4/11/24 Hunter Parnell 4/11/24

226 | Why Isn't a Cop Who was Indicted for Shooting an Unarmed Person Being Prosecuted? w/Andrew Darling

With Monique Worrell Gone, DeSantis’ appointed state attorney is refusing to prosecute Cops w/Andrew Darling

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Hunter Parnell 4/9/24 Hunter Parnell 4/9/24

225 | Why Are People Being Found Not Guilty but Still Going to Prison? w/Andrea Jaeger

The strange law that allows those found not guilty to be punished as if they were guilty w/Andrea Jaeger

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Hunter Parnell 4/4/24 Hunter Parnell 4/4/24

224 | How the DVSJA Gave Two Survivors of Domestic Violence a Second Chance w/Assia Serrano and Trinity Copeland

How the DVSJA Gave Two Survivors of Domestic Violence a Second Chance w/Assia Serrano and Trinity Copeland

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Hunter Parnell 4/3/24 Hunter Parnell 4/3/24

223 | The New York Law Giving a Second Chance to Criminalized Domestic Violence Survivors w/Elizabeth Isaacs

The New York Law Giving a Second Chance to Criminalized Domestic Violence Survivors w/Elizabeth Isaacs

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Hunter Parnell 4/3/24 Hunter Parnell 4/3/24

222 | The Case for Decriminalizing Domestic Violence w/Leigh Goodmark

The Case for Decriminalizing Domestic Violence w/Leigh Goodmark

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Hunter Parnell 3/28/24 Hunter Parnell 3/28/24

221 | ALAA's Ceasefire Resolution and the Fallout From it: Part II w/Sophia Gurulé and Pooja Patel

The ALAA’s ceasefire resolution and the fallout from it w/Pooja Patel and Sophia Gurulé

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Disclaimer: Hunter Parnell hosts Public Defenseless in his personal capacity. The views expressed by the host and guests are their own and do not represent the Aurora Municipal Public Defender or any guest's employer. Nothing on this show is legal advice, and listening does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you are facing criminal charges, talk to a lawyer.

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