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**Criminal (In)justice**

Sometimes challenging, often disturbing, occasionally absurd, always timely: Criminal Injustice explores the most complex and urgent issues facing the U.S. criminal justice system in conversation with the field's most knowledgeable experts. Professor David Harris and guests take on everything from racial bias to use of force… from surveillance technology to mass incarceration… and from police abuse and misconduct to the astonishing, frequently hilarious misdeeds of "Lawyers Behaving Badly." It's not a lecture hall, and you don't need a law degree to keep up. But you'll walk away from each episode with a deeper, richer understanding of what's wrong with the criminal justice system – and how to fix it.

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Bonus: SCOTUS Recap on The Confluence Aug 05, 2020

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Dave reviews the recently concluded U.S. Supreme Court session with 90.5 WESA's Kevin Gavin on The Confluence

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#121 Being Black in America's Most Livable City Jul 28, 2020

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Pittsburgh has been named America’s most livable city many times over by magazines and ratings guides. And it is pretty great. At least, for people like me. What is it like for African American residents? And why are their experiences with our police so different than mine?

Our guest is the Reverend Dr. John Welch, former Vice President and Dean of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He tells us what it’s like to be in a thriving American city, as a black man, especially with regard to policing.

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Read This: It Could Have Been Me Jul 25, 2020

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Recommended reading from The American Lawyer: 'It Could Have Been Me': Black Lawyers Reflect on George Floyd's Death and What Comes Next"

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Bonus: Roger Stone Sentence Commuted Jul 21, 2020

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What's the meaning of Donald Trump's decision to commute the sentence of Roger Stone? And what went on behind the scenes?

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#120 How Cities Pay for Police Brutality Jul 14, 2020

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With incidents of serious injuries and deaths at the hands of

police, cities face the costs of settlements and jury verdicts.

Some of these cases mean millions of dollars paid. How do

cities pay for this? What does it mean to city budgets? And

how is it that someone is making money off of this? Our

guest is Brentin Mock, veteran journalist; he’ll discuss his

article “How Cities Offload the Cost of Police Brutality,”

which appeared in June in Bloomberg’s CityLab.com.

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Bonus: Bill Barr's Big Interview Jul 07, 2020

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A point-by-point breakdown and response to A.G. William Barr's recent interview on NPR.

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#119 What Now for American Policing? Jun 30, 2020

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The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis set off outrage, weeks of demonstrations across the country and around the world, and has started discussion and legislative action at every level of government. On this episode, we’ll ask an African American law enforcement leader what policing has been like – and where it goes now.

Our guest is Dr. Cedric Alexander, former police officer and chief of several police departments, and the author of “In Defense of Public Service: How 22 Million Government Employees Will Save the Republic,” published in 2020.

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Bonus: #CRSPCast Live Jun 14, 2020

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On June 10, Dave gave an hour-long presentation on law and racial justice for the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh. We invite you to check out the video on YouTube:

#CRSPCast: Law & Racial Justice w/ Professor David Harris - June 10, 2020

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Bonus: Defund the Police Jun 10, 2020

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Minneapolis takes a bold step, announcing it will dismantle the police department that sparked protests nationwide with the murder of George Floyd -- and just like that, "defund the police" graduates from activist rallying cry to viable policy option.

For all the handwringing over what the phrase "really means," it's really not complicated: people want their city governments to take resources away from lavishly-funded and unaccountable law enforcement agencies, and devote them instead to emergency responders, social services, schools, and civil institutions that advance public safety rather than wage war on their own citizens.

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Bonus: Minneapolis Officers Charged Jun 04, 2020

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Derek Chauvin faces second- and third-degree murder and assault charges, and the three other Minneapolis police officers who watched him kill George Floyd are charged with aiding and abetting the crime. Why not first-degree? What do the charges mean? Dave breaks down the prosecution's reasoning.

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