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Podcast for the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. We'll talk current issues in criminal justice reform, policy and the Supreme Court. We'll discuss the work of the Criminal Justice Section including events, Task Forces, Standards, the ABA's ICC project and more. This is the Criminal Justice Section of the ABA’s podcast, and may not contain official ABA policy statements. For the ABA’s Code of Online Conduct visit here: https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/codeofconduct/
Episodes
163 episodes
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Discussion with Karen Popp
Please join co-hosts Joe Whitley and Nina Marino for an insightful discussion with our distinguished guest, Karen Popp. Karen, a partner at Sidley Austin, is a highly regarded and well-known leader in the field of white collar defen...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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40:51
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Interview with Hon. Larry D. Thompson
We are pleased to share with you our latest podcast with the Honorable Larry D. Thompson. Thompson has had extensive leadership experience in both the private and public sectors. He served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern Di...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:05:54
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Former U.S. Attorney Dena King
This segment of “White Collar Talks with Nina and Joe” features former United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena King. Guest co-host is Lynsey Barron.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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37:05
The Murder of a Wonderful Law School Professor, and Our Discussion with his Mother, Ruth Markel: In Memory of Professor Dan Markel
On the morning of July 19, 2014, Florida State University Law Professor Dan Markel—a friend and mentor to Justin, and to so many others—was shot and killed in his driveway in Tallahassee, Florida. Dan was 41 years old, and the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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43:07
The King of Cross: A Discussion with Larry Pozner, a Leading Expert on Cross-Examination
Larry Pozner is perhaps the most sought-after teacher of cross-examination strategy and tactics. In over 400 lectures, he has taught generations of lawyers how to more effectively conduct this most important of courtroom examinations—what...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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51:34
Representing People with Mental Disabilities: Elizabeth Kelley Returns to the JustPod to Discuss the Second Edition of her Book
We welcomed back Elizabeth Kelley (who previously joined us on Nov 16, 2023), to talk about the recent publication of the second edition of her book, Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawye...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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43:41
What's it like to lead a death penalty “Execution Team”? A discussion with retired Prison Warden Ron McAndrew and Dr. Shanker Nesathurai
Ever wondered about the mental health toll on members of a death penalty “Execution Team”? We discuss this topic and others on the JustPod with two men who are both familiar with the practice of lethal injection, but for very different re...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:05:16
The State of Prosecutorial Independence and Prosecutorial Discretion
Earlier this year, in February 2024, the ABA launched its Prosecutorial Independence Task Force. Two of our guests, Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky (Hofstra Law School), and John Choi (Ramsey County Attorney in Ramsey County, Minnesota)...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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59:17
White Collar Talks: Discussion with Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice
Joe Whitley and Nina Marino speak with Michael E. Horowitz...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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36:11
A murder-for-hire allegation, within a public corruption trial, and a notable acquittal—all in the tropical District of Hawaii: Our discussion with Nina Marino
Our guest is the founding partner of the white collar criminal defense boutique Kaplan Marino, and co-host of our sister podcast, the ABA’s “White Collar Talks with Nina and Joe.” She is the recipient of the American Bar Association Crimi...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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49:34
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Discussion with William Hochul Jr.
Join us for another "White Collar Talks" podcast as Joe Whitley and Nina Marino interview William J. Hochul, Jr., a former United States Attorney and former General Counsel of a highly diversified, government-regulated global business. Mr...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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52:26
Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change – Discussion with Premal Dharia
Premal Dharia is Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School. She was previously a public defender and Director of Litigation for the Civil Rights Corps. She has been a frequent contributor to major publi...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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48:40
White Collar Talks: The Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute - How It Started and Why You Should Be There
Brian McEvoy, a former federal prosecutor and current white collar criminal defense lawyer with BakerHostetler, joins Nina Marino (KaplanMarino) and Joe Whitley (Womble Bond Dickinson) to discuss the
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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35:19
Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing: A Discussion with Hillary Blout
In 1997, Peter Heyberger was convicted of residential burglary and attempted residential burglary. It was his third conviction, and so, under California’s “Three Strikes” law, Mr. Heyberger’s minimum sentence was 25 years to life in prison. He ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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43:30
Defending Justice: The Challenges of Public Defense in Pennsylvania with Sara Jacobson & Julia Burke
The right to counsel in criminal cases is, by now, well established in a series of United States Supreme Court precedents. And yet, local jurisdictions have for too long found themselves under-resourced, and out-gunned in their quest to provide...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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44:31
Professor Saul Kassin & Professor Jules Epstein: False Confessions
Confessions by criminal defendants are regarded as the most powerful evidence of guilt. So why would an innocent person confess to a crime they did not commit? That question and the troubling issue of false confessions is at the heart of the re...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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54:31
Locked Within: The Hidden Realities of Solitary Confinement with Keramet Reiter & Oneg Ben Dror
The prospect of long-term solitary confinement, being housed alone in custody for months and sometimes even years, is daunting for criminal defendants and their counsel. In May 2023, two public interest organizations, The Italian Association An...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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39:52
Daniel Kaplan on Justice Barrett's Scalia-esque Influence on Criminal Justice Cases
On September 26, 2020, then-President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. Upon confirmation, Justice Barrett took the seat of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had passed away one week before Justic...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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42:23
A Discussion with Professor Lucian Dervan on the Urgent Need for Plea Bargain Reform
Our guest is Professor Lucian Dervan, the founding Director of the Plea Bargaining Institute and a Professor of Law and Director of Criminal Justice Studies at Belmont University College of Law in Nashville, TN. Professor Dervan is co-cha...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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47:44
Progressive Justice: Inside the Office of Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner
Larry Krasner is a former criminal defense and civil rights lawyer who has become one of the most high profile inner city District Attorneys to lead the city prosecutor’s office of any major city. He has made waves for his controversial—and som...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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51:55
Jeff Grant’s Remarkable Recovery from Addiction and His Return, from Federal Prison, to the Life of the Law
It takes about 3 hours to drive from Greenwich, Connecticut to the Federal Correctional Institution, Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania. Jeffery D. Grant knows this because he took that drive on an Easter Sunday in 2006. A lawyer whose life ha...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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42:08
Marsha Levick and Kristin Henning-Juvenile Justice
Our guests have spent their careers advocating for some of the most vulnerable citizens in our country's legal system-our nation's children. Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic Initiative at...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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46:39
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Corporate Monitors
In this episode, Joe Whitley and Lynsey Barron discuss corporate monitorships with Ling-Ling Nie, who is the Deputy General Counsel, Chief Compliance & ESG Officer, Head of Government Affairs at Aura and Scott Marrah, Partner at White...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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49:10
A Fireside Chat with Gurbir Grewal, the Director of the Enforcement Division at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Gurbir Grewal has been the Director of the Enforcement Division at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission since 2001. Prior to that, he had the distinction of being the first Sikh American to be Attorney General in any of the fifty s...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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40:27
A Discussion with T. Markus Funk, A Member of the Prosecution Team in 'Operation Family Secrets'
T. Markus Funk, a Partner at Perkins Coie in Denver, Colorado, was a Section Chief with the U.S. State Department in the Balkans, following the war in Kosovo, where he represented the United States in diplomatic negotiations and participated in...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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