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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/criminal-disenfranchisement-laws-across-united-states

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https://nysba.org/app/uploads/2020/02/BaerCollateralConsequences-WEB.pdf

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-public-schools-fail-to-teach-black-history-and-the-horrors-of-slavery-11297743

https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/12/13/ron-desantis-says-amendment-4-should-be-delayed-until-he-signs-bill-from-lawmakers/

https://www.wlrn.org/post/felons-might-have-pay-hundreds-millions-being-able-vote-florida#stream/0

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/20/jim-crow-s-lasting-legacy-at-the-ballot-box

Criminal Justice - The Right to Trial Apr 24, 2020

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode, the hosts discuss the perils of exercising the right to trial. Public defenders don't exist everywhere, and where they do, they are overworked and underfunded. Prosecutors fail to disclose evidence helpful to defendants and use peremptory challenges to affect jury composition. Jury verdicts are rarely overturned. Ninety-five percent of the 11-14 million persons arrested each year in the U.S. plead guilty, and this may be the rational choice.

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Some Related Links: https://www.drugwarfacts.org/node/235#overlay=table/total_arrests - Stats on arrests across the country. https://wtkr.com/2018/12/22/one-innocent-man-gets-six-years-for-murder-the-other-life/ https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/harmless_error_new_study_claims_prosecutorial_misconduct_rampant https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/supreme-court-ramos-v-louisiana-juries-opinion.html - We recorded this podcast before the Supreme court made a decision effecting Split jury verdicts in Louisiana and Oregon

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Criminal Justice - Legal Lynching

Criminal Justice - Legal Lynching Apr 11, 2020

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In this episode, the hosts discuss the country's legacy of racial terror as embodied in lynchings of Blacks by white supremacist groups such as the KKK; how these efforts were designed to maintain racial apartheid by force and intimidation; and how they are related to the use of the criminal justice system and capital punishment statutes in efforts to legally lynch the Scottsboro Boys and the Groveland Boys.

LINKS IN THIS EPISODE

Equal Justice Initiative - Lynching in America - https://eji.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lynching-in-america-3d-ed-080219.pdf

Groveland Boys (PBS - Free) - https://www.pbs.org/video/the-groveland-four-uid8r2/

Scottsboro Boys ($) - https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Scottsboro-Boys/dp/B07F26V4XC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=39WLGM6EXMUQE&dchild=1&keywords=scottsboro+boys+an+american+tragedy&qid=1586636092&sprefix=scottsobo%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-3

Lafourche Country (where Judge Ellis grew up) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafourche_Parish,_Louisiana

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Criminal Justice - All about Bail Mar 31, 2020

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode, the hosts discuss the perils of a monetary bail system in a society where as many as three-fourths of families are living paycheck-to-paycheck. The lack of accumulated wealth exacerbates the racial disparities in the criminal legal system and impairs the ability of accused persons to defend themselves when charged with crimes. Recent efforts by New York and other states seek to address these issues.

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Criminal Justice - Legal Lynching

Epidemics, Race, and Healthcare - COVID-19 Mar 25, 2020

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In this episode, the hosts discuss why general protocols and algorithms aimed at COVID-19 have the potential to negatively impact healthcare outcomes in uninsured and under-insured communities of color. Myths about Black physical characteristics persist, even among medical students: Black skin is thicker; Blacks are more tolerant of pain; Blacks have stronger immune systems. As medical triage becomes necessary, what false beliefs will misinform those making decisions at the policy level and on the front lines?

Urban League Article - https://nul.org/news/coronavirus-crisis-highlights-racial-disparity-healthcare-and-economy

1918 Epidemic Article - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862340/

Medical Student survey article - https://www.statnews.com/2016/04/04/medical-students-beliefs-race-pain/

Criminal Justice - First Encounters Mar 14, 2020

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In this episode, the hosts discuss the critical role which subjective observations play during initial encounters with law enforcement. Combined with legal rules which allow officers to "tailor" testimony, this subjectivity has had negative impacts on groups perceived as suspects, and caused tensions between police and minority communities.

A violent first encounter for a young black man -https://twitter.com/TheVelvetRope__/status/1235391987332702208

Criminal Justice - First Encounters Mar 14, 2020

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A violent first encounter for a young black man -https://twitter.com/TheVelvetRope__/status/1235391987332702208

Criminal Justice - First Encounters Mar 14, 2020

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A violent first encounter for a young black man -https://twitter.com/TheVelvetRope__/status/1235391987332702208

Criminal Justice Mar 06, 2020

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode, the hosts begin a series of discussions on the Criminal Justice System. This introduction looks at the historical, philosophical, and societal factors which combine to tip the scales at multiple stages. From arrest to post-conviction, poor and minority individuals find it hard to avoid being dragged in – and even harder to escape.

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A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE

Poorly implemented artificial intelligence and technology can have a disproportionately negative effect on marginalized groups.
There are some people who view the criminal justice system as basically the guardian of society. And so, being a guardian of society, you look at the consequences of the things you put in place versus the not having those things in place.
They criminal justice system got fixated on looking at a time when the crime, statistics, statistics were going down, but they placed very little value on what was happening to the communities.

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Link to introductory story of arrest of 6 year old - https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2020/02/25/body-camera-video-shows-6-year-old-orlando-girl-arrested-at-school/

MLK - Letter for a Birmingham Jail -https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/letter-birmingham-jail

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