Robin Steinberg’s passionate quest to reform cash bail
The TED Interview
English - November 20, 2018 11:30 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MB - ★★★★ - 2K ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture business health entrepreneurship finance leadership comedy science entrepreneur fitness interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On any given night, 450,000 people in the United States stay in jail without having been convicted of any crime. Most of them are there because they don't have enough money to pay bail. Exasperated at what she saw as a systemic design flaw that primarily affects poor and marginalized people, public defense lawyer Robin Steinberg came up with a plan to fix things. As she explains in this sparky conversation with Chris, that idea is about as bold as they get.
Find the transcript at: go.ted.com/interviewsteinberg