Episode 65: The Cruel Rise of 'Drug Induced Homicide' Prosecutions
In 2014, then-23 year-old Morgan Godvin sold a small amount of heroin to her friend and fellow...
Episode 64: Documenting the Death Penalty
Despite hundreds of people being put to death in the United States since the Supreme Court...
Episode 62: Police Abuse In American Schools
In recent years, the number of police in American schools has skyrocketed as social services have...
Episode 62: Locking Up Women For Killing Their Rapists
In 2018, Brittany Smith was assaulted and raped by a man in her Alabama home. Later that night,...
Appeal Podcast: Reexamining the Science of Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) bas been the subject of countless news specials, TV drama plots, and...
Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons
The only people in the United States the government is required by law to provide healthcare for...
Episode 59: The Regressive Pseudoscience of Our "War on Opioid Addiction"
On our last episode of the year we're doing something a little different: Joining us to co-host...
Episode 58: The Cruel Roadblocks to Getting Innocent People Out of Prison
Last month, 106 legal scholars signed a brief supporting St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner's...
Episode 57: Imagining a Post-Incarceration World
To those tasked with radically reimagining the U.S. legal system and moving it away from the...
Episode 56: States Turn To Nitrogen Gas For Executions, Despite Doctors' Concerns
Facing legal challenges and a shortage of drugs for lethal injections, Oklahoma was the first...
Episode 55: When Criminal Justice Reform Preserves The Status Quo
There’s a growing acceptance of the idea that we need to overhaul our system of mass...
Episode 54: When Police Officers Double as Prosecutors
In nine states, police officers are permitted to act as prosecutors and arraign people for...
Episode 53: A Lack of Basic Rights for Incarcerated Workers
Many states pay incarcerated workers just 20 or 30 cents per hour--and some don't pay them at...
Episode 52: The Problem With Jailhouse Informants
Jailhouse informants are a fixture of pop culture, helping TV prosecutors secure convictions in...
Episode 51: U.S. Prisoners on Death Row Endure Permanent Solitary Before Execution
In addition to being unique among Western nations in executing people, the U.S. keeps many of its...
Episode 50: The War on Drugs Continues In Family Court
As cannabis use is legalized in more and more jurisdictions across the country, child protective...
Episode 49: Chesa Boudin and the Meaning of 'Reform'
Progressive prosecutors have swept into office across the country, winning district attorney...
Episode 48: The Rise of Registries
Earlier this year, lawmakers in New York proposed a bill that would bar people convicted of...
Episode 47: The Media's Misguided Fentanyl Hype
In recent years, lawmakers and the media have dusted off the 1980’s War on Drugs script to...
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