{"podcast":{"title":"Public Defenseless","slug":"public-defenseless-4627959","podcast_index_feed_id":4627959,"rss_url":"https://publicdefenseless.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://publicdefenseless.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/1/9/a/c19a1d7aa80b1fdfe55e3c100dce7605/FINAL_PD_Show_Art_1.png","author":"Hunter Parnell","episode_count":503,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T22:17:22.371695+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959"},"episode":{"title":"492 | How Will Pennsylvania Respond to its Supreme Court Striking Down Mandatory LWOP for Felony Murder Convictions? w/Nia Holston and Sean Damon","slug":"492-how-will-pennsylvania-respond-to-its-supreme-court-striking-down-mandatory-lwop-for-felony-murder-convictions-w-nia-holston-and-sean-damon","published_at":"2026-06-25T10:09:00+00:00","page_url":"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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-defenseless-4627959","url":"https://publicdefenseless.libsyn.com/492-how-will-pennsylvania-respond-to-its-supreme-court-striking-down-mandatory-lwop-for-felony-murder-convictions-wnia-holston-and-sean-damon","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/publicdefenseless/Commonwealth_v_Lee_Final_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3187490","summary":"Today, Hunter was joined by Nia Holston from the Abolitionist Law Center and Sean Damon of Straight-Ahead to discuss a case out of Pennsylvania. In Commonwealth v. Lee , the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down mandatory life without the possibility of parole for felony murder convictions because those sentences violated the states prohibition on cruel punishments. Guest: Nia Holston, Staff Attorney, Abolitionist Law Center Sean Damon, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Straight-Ahead Resource: Read the Case Here https://statecourtreport.org/case-tracker/commonwealth-v-lee Contact ALC and Straight-Ahead https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/person/nia-holston/ sean@straight-ahead.org Contact Hunter Parnell: Publicdefenseless@gmail.com Instagram @PublicDefenselessPodcast Twitter @PDefenselessPod www.publicdefenseless.com Subscribe to the Patreon www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast Donate on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ Donate on Stripe https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show! https://app.reduct.video/o/eca54fbf9f/p/d543070e6a/share/c34e85194394723d4131/home **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****","meta_description":"Today, Hunter was joined by Nia Holston from the Abolitionist Law Center and Sean Damon of Straight-Ahead to discuss a case out of Pennsylvania. In Common…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4229,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-defenseless-4627959/episodes/492-how-will-pennsylvania-respond-to-its-supreme-court-striking-down-mandatory-lwop-for-felony-murder-convictions-w-nia-holston-and-sean-damon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"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.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}