Legal Briefs
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -An inside look at the work of America's state and local prosecutors. Brought to you by the National District Attorney's Association, the oldest and largest national, nonpartisan organization representing state and local prosecutors in the country.
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Collateral Consequences with Arthur Rizer and Emily Mooney of R Street Institute
July 27, 2020 16:21 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBA felony conviction potentially devastates one's ability to fully participate in society, and rarely does this burden fall on the convicted alone. In this episode, we explore the challenges of collateral consequences, recidivism, and re-entry following extended periods of incarceration. Arthur Rizer and Emily Mooney of the R Street Institute provide insight on how policy can be better crafted to enhance public safety, while also promoting second chance opportunities for those with a...
Post-Conviction Survivor Resources from Healing Justice
June 10, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBHealing Justice, an organization dedicated to addressing harm caused by wrongful convictions, released a web-based resource portal for victims and survivors of crime who are impacted and revictimtized by post-conviction claims of innocence and exonerations. The portal is also meant to be a resource for prosecutors, law enforcement, and victim advocates who are involved with these cases so that they can take a victim-centered and trauma-informed approach to ensuring that crime victim...
Covid-19: Virtual Court vs. Physical Distancing
May 20, 2020 14:48 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBCNA and the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) have partnered to actively develop and disseminate useful COVID-19 response resources to prosecutors and courts to support them during this trying time. This series will address newly identified issues and innovative responses. With the pandemic looming, court systems across the country are being forced to adapt to a new reality. In some courts, vacant conference rooms are being used to help spread out jurors so that they ...
24/7/365 Recovery Services for Low-Level Opioid Offenders
May 04, 2020 13:45 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBOur country battles an ongoing opioid epidemic. In New Jersey, Acting Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo of Union County, has been working hard to fight the crisis by providing addiction recovery services to those who have been arrested for low-level possessory offenses. The effort in Union County is called Operation Helping Hand 24/7/365. Operation Helping Hand started as a five-day, once-a-year event in counties across New Jersey where access to immediate and free recovery services is...
A Conversation with The Marshall Project’s Keri Blakinger and COVID-19’s Impact
April 01, 2020 20:14 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBEarlier this week, Legal Briefs spoke with a criminal justice reporter with firsthand experience from the prisoners' perspective: Keri Blakinger, currently a writer at The Marshall Project, and most recently at the Houston Chronicle covering criminal justice and the death penalty. Prior to her career in journalism, Keri spent two years behind bars in a New York State prison. She spoke with us about her experience, and both how COVID-19 impacts prisons and jails in the short-term as...
Youth Diversion Programs: How We Can Keep Kids out of Jail
February 10, 2020 18:12 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBYouth enter the juvenile justice system often for minor offenses. Something is unraveling in their personal lives, such as running away from an abusive home or coping with their parents’ divorce. But formally processing these youth in the justice system can lead to an increase in negative behaviors. In this episode, Scott Peterson, CEO of Global Youth Justice, speaks with us about his own experience working with troubled youth through implementing and improving youth diversion prog...
Investigative Genetic Geneology: An Opportunity to Impact Human Rights
February 10, 2020 17:56 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBSacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert is the first prosecutor ever to have used investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) to successfully crack a criminal case. You may have heard of the Golden State Killer—or the East Side Rapist, the Visalia Ransacker, the Original Night Stalker, the Diamond Knot Killer... After more than 40 years and countless investigations by hundreds of law enforcement professionals, Joseph James DeAngelo was finally identified—thanks to some DN...
Restricting Youth Access to Vaping
February 10, 2020 17:50 - 5 minutes - 5.18 MBNo state is immune to the vaping epidemic impacting our youth. Teenagers everywhere have been hospitalized due to illnesses brought on by vaping and other e-cigarette use. Kids use the e-cigarettes to vape in school bathrooms, between classes, and even right in class. These devices are disguised as USB devices, lipsticks and even asthma inhalers, making them easy to conceal and overlook. Some teens are admitted into the ICU. Some even die. As a public official, Ashley Rich, Distric...