# Public Defenseless Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959.md RSS feed: https://publicdefenseless.libsyn.com/rss Official site: https://publicdefenseless.libsyn.com Author: Hunter Parnell Episodes: 503 ## Resource Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system is perpetuating cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people simply trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the justice system and what we can do about it. Join host, Hunter Parnell, as he interviews top defense attorneys and criminal justice stakeholders from across the country as they pull apart the convoluted web of our criminal justice system. Like so many of you, Hunter is not an attorney, simply tired of a news cycle and talking heads that offer no real solutions to the ever-growing list of problems we face. Hunter hopes that with this information, you will share his belief that ordinary people still can make a difference. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-defenseless-4627959 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959.md ## Episodes - [492 | How Will Pennsylvania Respond to its Supreme Court Striking Down Mandatory LWOP for Felony Murder Convictions? w/Nia Holston and Sean Damon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/492-how-will-pennsylvania-respond-to-its-supreme-court-striking-down-mandatory-lwop-for-felony-murder-convictions-w-nia-holston-and-sean-damon) — 2026-06-25T10:09:00+00:00 - [491 | The Hidden Punishments in Pre-Trial Detention That Disproportionately Impact LGBTQ People w/Deborah Lolai](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/491-the-hidden-punishments-in-pre-trial-detention-that-disproportionately-impact-lgbtq-people-w-deborah-lolai) — 2026-06-24T10:00:00+00:00 - [490 | How the Civil Rights Corps Secured a Massive Victory in the Fight Against Cash Bail w/Salil Dudani and Carson White](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/490-how-the-civil-rights-corps-secured-a-massive-victory-in-the-fight-against-cash-bail-w-salil-dudani-and-carson-white) — 2026-06-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [489 | Why did a 35 Year Career Prosecutor Walk Away from the DOJ Under the Second Trump Administration? w/John Haried](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/489-why-did-a-35-year-career-prosecutor-walk-away-from-the-doj-under-the-second-trump-administration-w-john-haried) — 2026-06-18T10:00:00+00:00 - [488 | How Public Defenders Can Fight for Our Clients and for Funding by Engaging with the Media w/Maggie Shepard and Bob McGovern](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/488-how-public-defenders-can-fight-for-our-clients-and-for-funding-by-engaging-with-the-media-w-maggie-shepard-and-bob-mcgovern) — 2026-06-16T10:00:00+00:00 - [487 | Iowa Public Defender Secured a Major Victory for Workload Controls, but will New Tough on Crime Policies Send the System into a Crisis? w/Eric Tindal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/487-iowa-public-defender-secured-a-major-victory-for-workload-controls-but-will-new-tough-on-crime-policies-send-the-system-into-a-crisis-w-eric-tindal) — 2026-06-11T10:00:00+00:00 - [486 | How to Ensure Local Governments Cannot Cooperate with Federal Immigration Enforcement w/Alex Kornya](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/486-how-to-ensure-local-governments-cannot-cooperate-with-federal-immigration-enforcement-w-alex-kornya) — 2026-06-09T10:00:00+00:00 - [485 | Will Utah Force Homeless People to Move to a Camp Outside of Salt Lake City? w/Nate Crippes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/485-will-utah-force-homeless-people-to-move-to-a-camp-outside-of-salt-lake-city-w-nate-crippes) — 2026-06-04T10:00:00+00:00 - [484 | How the Hamilton County, Ohio Public Defenders are Holding Police and Prosecutors Accountable w/Angela Chang and Sean Vicente](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/484-how-the-hamilton-county-ohio-public-defenders-are-holding-police-and-prosecutors-accountable-w-angela-chang-and-sean-vicente) — 2026-06-02T10:00:00+00:00 - [483 | How Progressive Politics can Abolish ICE and Build a More Humane Immigration System w/Senator Julie Gonzales](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/483-how-progressive-politics-can-abolish-ice-and-build-a-more-humane-immigration-system-w-senator-julie-gonzales) — 2026-05-29T10:00:00+00:00 - [482 | How the Colorado State Public Defender's Policy on Workloads Might Violate a Lawyer's Ethical Obligations w/Jim Castle](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/482-how-the-colorado-state-public-defender-s-policy-on-workloads-might-violate-a-lawyer-s-ethical-obligations-w-jim-castle) — 2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00 - [481 | Was a Former Colorado Public Defender Fired for Raising Concerns over his Workload? Part 2 w/Travis Weiner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/481-was-a-former-colorado-public-defender-fired-for-raising-concerns-over-his-workload-part-2-w-travis-weiner) — 2026-05-27T10:00:00+00:00 - [480 | Did the Colorado Public Defender Retaliate Against Me for My Speech on the Podcast?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/480-did-the-colorado-public-defender-retaliate-against-me-for-my-speech-on-the-podcast) — 2026-05-26T10:00:00+00:00 - [479 | What Data Tells Us About the Public Defender Well Being Crisis Part 2 w/Jenny Andrews, Matthew Thiese, and Sara McCarthy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/479-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-2-w-jenny-andrews-matthew-thiese-and-sara-mccarthy) — 2026-05-21T10:00:00+00:00 - [478 | The Effect of Public Defender and Support Staff Caseloads on Incarceration Outcomes for Felony Defendants w/Aaron Gottlieb and Melissa Mahabir](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/478-the-effect-of-public-defender-and-support-staff-caseloads-on-incarceration-outcomes-for-felony-defendants-w-aaron-gottlieb-and-melissa-mahabir) — 2026-05-20T10:00:00+00:00 - [477 | What Data Tells Us About the Public Defender Well Being Crisis Part 1 w/Jenny Andrews and Jon Jachimowicz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/477-what-data-tells-us-about-the-public-defender-well-being-crisis-part-1-w-jenny-andrews-and-jon-jachimowicz) — 2026-05-19T10:00:00+00:00 - [476 | What Can Public Defender Organizations Do to Help People With Their Student Debt? w/Jane Fox and Alexi Shalom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/476-what-can-public-defender-organizations-do-to-help-people-with-their-student-debt-w-jane-fox-and-alexi-shalom) — 2026-05-14T13:53:00+00:00 - [475 | Why is Cook County's State Attorney Fighting to Keep Exonerated People From Getting Certificates of Their Innocence w/Dan Hinkel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/475-why-is-cook-county-s-state-attorney-fighting-to-keep-exonerated-people-from-getting-certificates-of-their-innocence-w-dan-hinkel) — 2026-05-13T10:00:00+00:00 - [474 | The Lawyer Who Will Take on Corporations and Corrupt Government as Colorado's Attorney General w/David Seligman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/474-the-lawyer-who-will-take-on-corporations-and-corrupt-government-as-colorado-s-attorney-general-w-david-seligman) — 2026-05-12T10:00:00+00:00 - [473 | Public Defenders Should Tell the Courts and Their Clients How Many Cases they Have w/John Gross](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/473-public-defenders-should-tell-the-courts-and-their-clients-how-many-cases-they-have-w-john-gross) — 2026-05-07T10:00:00+00:00 - [472 | Can Former Public Defenders Improve the Bench in Multnomah County, Oregon? w/Kristine Almquist, Joe Hagedorn, Peter Klym, Joanna Perini-Abott, Chris Behre](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/472-can-former-public-defenders-improve-the-bench-in-multnomah-county-oregon-w-kristine-almquist-joe-hagedorn-peter-klym-joanna-perini-abott-chris-behre) — 2026-05-05T10:00:00+00:00 - [471 | The Science of Second Chances w/Jennifer Doleac](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/471-the-science-of-second-chances-w-jennifer-doleac) — 2026-04-30T10:00:00+00:00 - [470 | Why did the Marion County Public Defenders Decide to Unionize Their Office w/Lucy Frick and Tim Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/470-why-did-the-marion-county-public-defenders-decide-to-unionize-their-office-w-lucy-frick-and-tim-smith) — 2026-04-28T10:00:00+00:00 - [469 | How Tennessee's Mass Incarceration Policies are Making the State less Safe w/Dawn Deaner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/469-how-tennessee-s-mass-incarceration-policies-are-making-the-state-less-safe-w-dawn-deaner) — 2026-04-23T10:00:00+00:00 - [468 | How the New Jersey Public Defenders are Integrating AI into their Work w/Jennifer Sellitti](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959/468-how-the-new-jersey-public-defenders-are-integrating-ai-into-their-work-w-jennifer-sellitti) — 2026-04-21T10:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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