The Personal is Political: One on One with DA Boudin and Rachel
Chasing Justice
English - June 30, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBGovernment Society & Culture criminaljustice criminaljusticereform criminallaw progressiveprosecutor Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Prosecutorial Discretion with SA Kim Foxx
In this deeply personal episode, DA Boudin and Rachel share their own journeys towards criminal justice reform. DA Boudin describes the story of his parents’ participation in a crime that led to their incarceration for his entire childhood and explains how it tied into his career as a public defender and then to his election as the District Attorney of San Francisco. Rachel also shares her path towards and her motivations for working in criminal justice reform, first as a public defender and now for DA Boudin. The two also explore what the concept of progressive prosecutors means to each of them and their hopes for Chasing Justice.