Just Reform: Recent Episodes
Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center
From the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, this podcast is about the stats and stories that can help drive change in the criminal justice system.
Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Irene Oritseweyiunmi Joe and Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack to discuss criminal legal reform and the delivery of public defense services.
This is the final episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event.
Panelists:
Professor Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe - Acting Professor of Law, UC Davis School of Law
Chief Justice Bridget McCormack - Michigan Supreme Court
Professor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law
Resources:
Let's move criminal justice reforms upstream: A perspective from the bench, Bridget McCormack
Defend the Public Defenders, Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe, The Atlantic
About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:
The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.
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Into Your Sleeve by St. Peter Lemon
Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Kay Levine, Miriam Krinsky and Liz Komar to discuss the progressive prosecutor movement, the various ways prosecutors can be involved in criminal legal reform, and the challenges that reform prosecutors face.
This is the fourth episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event.
Panelists:
Professor Kay Levine- Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
Miriam Krinsky - Executive Director, Fair and Just Prosecution
Liz Komar - Director of Strategic Initiatives, Fair and Just Prosecution
Professor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law
Resources:
21 Principals for the 21st Century Prosecutor, Brennan Center and the Fair and Just Prosecution Project Report
Reconciling Drug Courts, Decarceration, and Harm Reduction, A Fair and Just Prosecution Project Report
The Problem of Problem-Solving Courts, Erin Collins, UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 1573, 2021
The Rachel Rollins Policy Memo, March 2019
About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:
The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.
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Slow Motion by Bensound
Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Shima Baughman and Amanda Woog to discuss the legal frameworks of bail reform, its relationship with communities, and what can be done to improve the system.
This is the third episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event.
Panelists:
Professor Shima Baughman- Associate Research Dean, University of Utah College of Law
Amanda Woog - Associate Director, Texas Fair Defense Project
Professor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law
Resources:
Reforming State Bail Reform. Shima Baughman, Lauren Boone, & Nathan Jackson
Power and Procedure in Texas Bail-Setting. Amanda Woog & Nathan Fennell
Policing Procedural Errors in the Lower Criminal Courts. Justin Murray, 89 Fordham Law Review 1411 (2021)
About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:
The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.
Follow us on social media:
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Music Credits:
Ground Effect by Bio Unit, Tanuki Trax by St. Peter Lemon
Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Bennett Capers and Somil Trivedi to discuss racial injustice through topics such as how history has shaped racism today, the relationship between communities and punishment, abolition, and a renewed optimism about change in new generations.
This is the second episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event.
Panelists:
Professor Bennett Capers- Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Race, Law, and Justice, Fordham University School of Law
Somil Trivedi - Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project
Professor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law
Resources:
The Racial Architecture of Criminal Justice. Bennett Capers
Afrofuturism, Critical Race Theory, and Policing in the Year 2044. Bennett Capers, 94 New York University Law Review 109 (2019).
Why Prosecutors Keep Letting Police Get Away With Murder, Somil Trivedi, Slate
The System Is Working the Way It Is Supposed to: The Limits of Criminal Justice Reform. Paul Butler, 2019 Freedom Center Journal (2020),
About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:
The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.
Follow us on social media:
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Music Credits:
The Lounge by Bensound
Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Kami Chavis and Walter Katz to discuss barriers and solutions to police accountability, with particular attention to police culture, the power of police unions, and qualified immunity.
This is the first episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event.
Panelists:
Professor Kami Chavis- Vice Provost, Professor of Law, and Director of Criminal Justice Program, Wake Forest University School of Law
Walter Katz - Vice President of Criminal Justice, Arnold Ventures
Professor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law
Resources:
Curbing Excessive Force: A Primer on Barriers to Police Accountability. Kami N. Chavis & Conor Degnan
Police in America: Ensuring Accountability and Mitigating Racial Bias Feat. Paul Butler. 11 Nw. J.L. & Soc. Pol’y. 385 (2017)
Arnold Venture’s Walter Katz on the Current State of Police Reform in America
About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:
The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.
Follow us on social media:
TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE
Music Credits:
Slow Motion by Bensound