Public Defenseless

On this episode, Professor Mason Clark joins to discuss a new white paper he authored for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers titled Parity in Practice: The Defender's Duty to Ethically Use AI.
 
Guest:
Mason Clark, Associate Professor of Law, St. Mary's School of Law, Texas
 
Resource:
Read the Report Here
https://www.nacdl.org/Document/ParityinPracticeDefenderAIUse
 
Contact Mason Here
https://law.stmarytx.edu/academics/faculty/mason-clark/
 
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Since the release of the National Public Defender Workload Study, Malia Brink travelled the country helping Public Defenders create and implement workload standards. Now, she joins the show to discuss the new tool the Deason Center created to help Public Defenders create their own workload standards.
 
Guest:
Malia Brink, Policy Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, Southern Methodist University
 
Resource:
Deason Center Website
https://www.smu.edu/law/centers-and-initiatives/deason-center
Access the Workload Tool Here
https://www.smu.edu/law/centers-and-initiatives/deason-center/work/news/articles/2026-7-28-workload-release
 
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In the last budget cycle, Keisha Hudson, Chief Defender of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, asked the city for $5 million. Instead, the city council and the mayor gave her office $0. Now, Keisha is looking at cutting back client services and even potentially refusing to accept new DUI and drug possession cases. On this episode, you will hear Keisha explain how this all happened and what comes next for the office.
 
Guest:
Keisha Hudson, Chief Public Defender, Defender Association of Philadelphia
 
Resource:
Defender Association of Philadelphia's Contact
https://phillydefenders.org/
https://www.facebook.com/phillydefenders/
https://www.instagram.com/phillydefenders/
https://x.com/phillydefenders/
 
 
 
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The State of Alabama sentenced Robin "Rocky" Myers to death after he was convicted of murder in 1994. Over the next 30 years, Rocky fought to prove his innocence, and with each passing year, the evidence of his innocence continued to grow. There was a lack of DNA evidence. Inconsistent witness testimony. Police and Prosecutorial misconduct. On top of all that, there were serious problems with the verdict itself. Taken together, these factors pushed Governor Kay Ivey to commute Rocky's death sentence. Yet, Rocky is still serving a life sentence. Now, our guest, Leah Nelson, is here to present evidence that Rocky's trial lawyer might have been in the Ku Klux Klan.
 
Guest:
Leah Nelson, Special Investigator, Alabama
 
Resource:
Justice 4 Rocky Website
https://www.justice4rockymyers.com/
Undisclosed Podcast
https://www.undisclosedpod.com/seasons-cases/rockymyers
https://open.spotify.com/episode/40VBEwOtdaO6suwPRx8SLa
 
 
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Hunter is joined once again by Professor Valena Beety. Valena joins the show to discuss her new book, Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity. In it, she discusses the cognitive biases, junk sciences, and the systemic policies used to surveil, police, and incarcerate women and queer communities.
 
Guest:
Valena Beety, Professor of Law, Indiana School of Law
 
Resource:
Pick up a Copy of the Book Here
https://thenewpress.org/books/pink-crime/
 
Contact Valena
https://www.linkedin.com/in/valenabeety/
https://law.indiana.edu/about/people/details?name=beety-valena
https://valenabeetyjd.com/
 
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