Latest Bailiff Podcast Episodes

Collateral Consequences with Arthur Rizer and Emily Mooney of R Street Institute

Legal Briefs - July 27, 2020 16:21 - 41 minutes
A 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....

Post-Conviction Survivor Resources from Healing Justice

Legal Briefs - June 10, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutes
Healing 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 b...

Covid-19: Virtual Court vs. Physical Distancing

Legal Briefs - May 20, 2020 14:48 - 33 minutes
CNA 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. ...

24/7/365 Recovery Services for Low-Level Opioid Offenders

Legal Briefs - May 04, 2020 13:45 - 26 minutes
Our 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 ...

A Conversation with The Marshall Project’s Keri Blakinger and COVID-19’s Impact

Legal Briefs - April 01, 2020 20:14 - 22 minutes
Earlier 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...

Youth Diversion Programs: How We Can Keep Kids out of Jail

Legal Briefs - February 10, 2020 18:12 - 15 minutes
Youth 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 negati...

Investigative Genetic Geneology: An Opportunity to Impact Human Rights

Legal Briefs - February 10, 2020 17:56 - 20 minutes
Sacramento 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...

Restricting Youth Access to Vaping

Legal Briefs - February 10, 2020 17:50 - 5 minutes
No 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 ...