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Justice In America

Justice in America, hosted by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith, is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform— from those new to the system to experts who want to know more. Each epi... Read more

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Episode 21: Police Accountability

Episode 21: Police Accountability

As civilians, how do we hold the police responsible for wrongdoing? On the first episode of Season 3, Josie Duffy and co... Read more

26 Feb 2020

1hr 8mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 28: School to Prison Pipeline

Episode 28: School to Prison Pipeline

What is the school to prison pipeline, and how is it affecting children across America? On this episode of Justice in Am... Read more

15 Apr 2020

1hr 11mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 26: The Privatization of Prisons

Episode 26: The Privatization of Prisons

On this episode of Justice Podcast, Josie Duffy Rice and guest co-host Donovan Ramsey look at the privatization of Ameri... Read more

1 Apr 2020

1hr 7mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 3: Who Built Mass Incarceration? Prosecutors

Episode 3: Who Built Mass Incarceration? Prosecutors

Who has had the biggest impact on the growth of our incarceration system? It’s not the judge, the jury, or the legislato... Read more

8 Aug 2018

50mins

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Episode 23: Criminalizing Mothers

Episode 23: Criminalizing Mothers

One of the most devastating collateral consequences for someone involved in the criminal justice system is the potential... Read more

11 Mar 2020

1hr 9mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 22: Probation and Parole

Episode 22: Probation and Parole

About 2.3 million people are incarcerated in America, but about 6.7 million people are under some form of correctional c... Read more

4 Mar 2020

57mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 27: Junk Forensic Science

Episode 27: Junk Forensic Science

Everyone who has ever watched a crime procedural believes that forensic science is the most reliable way to tell whether... Read more

8 Apr 2020

1hr 6mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 10: A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates

Episode 10: A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates

For our last episode of the season, we are thrilled to have Ta-Nehisi Coates—an author and journalist who has published ... Read more

26 Sep 2018

1hr 3mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 24: Death Penalty

Episode 24: Death Penalty

On this episode of Justice in America, Josie Duffy Rice, and guest co-host Darnell Moore, focus on the death penalty. Ca... Read more

18 Mar 2020

54mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 12: The Criminalization of Poverty

Episode 12: The Criminalization of Poverty

On this episode, we explore the countless ways the criminal justice system criminalizes poverty—and homelessness in part... Read more

23 Jan 2019

1hr

Ranked #11

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Episode 5: Excluded from Democracy

Episode 5: Excluded from Democracy

For an estimated 6.1 million Americans with felony convictions, their punishment extends all the way to the ballot box. ... Read more

22 Aug 2018

59mins

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Episode 25: Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill

Episode 25: Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill

On this episode of Justice in America, Josie Duffy Rice and her guest co-host, Darnell Moore, talk to Sherrilyn Ifill ab... Read more

25 Mar 2020

53mins

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Episode 11: Public Defense

Episode 11: Public Defense

On our first episode of season 2, we talk about one of the most important players in the criminal justice system – the p... Read more

16 Jan 2019

1hr 6mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 13: Juvenile Justice

Episode 13: Juvenile Justice

America has one of the harshest juvenile justice systems on the planet and is the only country in the world that sentenc... Read more

30 Jan 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #15

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Episode 9: How Democrats and Republicans Created Mass Incarceration

Episode 9: How Democrats and Republicans Created Mass Incarceration

There are a few schools of thought regarding the origins of mass incarceration. Some blame Reagan and his” war on drugs,... Read more

19 Sep 2018

48mins

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Episode 4: A conversation with John Legend

Episode 4: A conversation with John Legend

John Legend isn’t just one of the most talented musicians of our time—he’s also a leading activist on criminal justice r... Read more

15 Aug 2018

32mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 6 - The Victims of Mass Incarceration

Episode 6 - The Victims of Mass Incarceration

Often, when people talk about the criminal justice system, they talk in big numbers— the millions of people serving time... Read more

29 Aug 2018

1hr 5mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 7: The New American Prosecutor

Episode 7: The New American Prosecutor

Over the past few years there’s been a growing movement, led by groups like Color of Change and National People’s Action... Read more

5 Sep 2018

49mins

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Episode 8: Crimmigration

Episode 8: Crimmigration

Historically immigration law and criminal law have functioned separately. But over the past few decades, we’ve seen them... Read more

12 Sep 2018

54mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 14: Citizens United, Judicial Elections, and Mass Incarceration

Episode 14: Citizens United, Judicial Elections, and Mass Incarceration

How do judges affect mass incarceration, and what role do judicial elections play? Today we’re looking at a topic that d... Read more

6 Feb 2019

59mins

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