Perspectives On Justice: Recent Episodes

Judge Alexander Williams, Jr.

A podcast, hosted by Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., that tackles current hot topics with experts in their field and debates how the scales of justice are balanced criminally, socially and ethically.

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Interviews w/

  • Joseph L. Wright, MD, MPH 

Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer

Capital Region Health, University of Maryland Medical System

  • Dr. George Askew, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Health and Human Resources and Education, Office of the County Executive for Prince George's County, MD

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  • Calvin Hawkins, Chair, Prince George’s County Council

  • Dr. Jacqueline Somerville, Program Chief, Behavioral Health, Prince George’s County Health Department

  • Rev. Lawrence Barbour, Founder, Expectancy Community Outreach

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Interviews w/

  • Adam Kurland, Professor of Law, Howard University /School of Law

  • Aja Baker, JD Candidate

  • Ahmed Fadlalla, JD Candidate

  • Phillip Green , Esq.

  • Nicole O. Esuola, Esq.

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  • Melissa Hoppmeyer, Assistant State’s Attorney, Office of the State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County

  • Renee Battle-Brooks, Executive Director, Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission

  • Lanae Holmes, Director of Case Services in the Family Advocacy Division at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

  • Laura Ardito, Deputy Director – University of MD SAFE Center

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Interviews w/

  • Steve Mercer, Attorney - RaquinMercer LLC

  • Evans Ray, Jr. – Returning Citizen that had his sentence commuted by President Barack Obama

  • Doyle Niemann, Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County and Co-Chair of the Parole Reform Commission

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Interviews w/

  • Yasmine Arrington, Founder of ScholarCHIPS

  • Shari Scher, Founder, Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership

  • Lindsey Cramer and Bryan Peterson, Researchers, Urban Institute

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  • Dr. Leah Sera, Program Director, UMD School of Pharmacy, Master of Science in medical cannabis science and therapeutics

  • Judge Vicky Ivory-Orem, Orphans’ Court Judge and Founder and CEO of Livasis

  • MD State Delegate Darryl Barnes (D) 25th Legislative District

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  • MD State Senator William C. Smith, Jr. (D) District 20, Chair, Judicial Proceedings Committee 

  • MD State Delegate David Moon (D) District 20, Judiciary Committee.

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  • J. Morris Lee, Sr., Cert. Instructor USCCA CCHD, Maryland QHIL Champions Solutions Firearms Services

  • Liz Banach, Executive Director Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence

  • Lauren Footman Director of Outreach and Equity Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence | Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

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  • Police Chief David Mitchell - University of Maryland-College Park Police Department

  • Dr. Kameron Van Patterson - Assistant Research Professor, Department of African American Studies, College of Behavioral Science, University of Maryland-College Park, MD

  • Judge (Retired) Maureen Lamansey, Co-Chair, Prince George's County, MD Police Reform Work Group

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  • Renee Hutchins, Dean, University of the District of Columbia (UDC) School of Law

  • J. Wyndal Gordon, trial attorney in MD and the Federal Court.

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  • Dr. Alvin Thornton, Former Chair of the Prince George’s County Public Schools Board of Education

  • MD Delegate Elizabeth “Susie” Proctor

  • Curtis Valentine, Board Member – Prince George’s County Public Schools Board of Education

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Interviews w/

  • Jonathan Rapping, Founder and President of Gideon’s Promise

  • Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County

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  • Alexandra Pratt, M.D. - Chair, Critical Care Medicine, Medstar Washington Hospital Center

  • Dr. Marilou Tablang-Jimenez, Medical Director of the Addiction and Mental Health Center at Medstar Montgomery Medical Center

  • Melissa Pontello, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurse, SSM DePaul Hospital - St. Louis, MO.

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  • Dr. Max Hilaire, Professor and Department Chair, Political Science – Morgan State University

  • Dr. Alvin Thornton, former Political Science Professor – Howard University

  • Jose Anderson, Law Professor – University of Baltimore School of Law

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  • Boyd Rutherford, Lt. Governor of MD and Chairman of the Opioid Operations Command Center

  • Dr. Aliya Jones, Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health at the Maryland Department Health

  • Jaymi Sterling, Assistant State’s Attorney, Office of the State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County

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Interviews w/

  • Judge Sheila Tillerson Adams, Chief Circuit Court Administrative Judge – 7th Judicial Circuit – MD

  • Alicia Wilson, Vice President for Economic Development at the Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System

  • Midshipman First Class Sydney Barber, Brigade Commander, U.S. Naval Academy

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Interviews w/

  • Christine Neely, Domestic Violence Survivor

  • Dr. Denise McCain, Executive Director, Prince George’s County Family Justice Center

  • Kathryn Marsh and Melissa Hoppmeyer, Assistant State’s Attorneys/Office of the State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County

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Interviews w/

  • Paul Monteiro, Member – PGCPS Board of Education

  • Lisa Hazel, PGCPS Teacher/Reading Specialist

  • Theresa Dudley, President – Prince George’s County Educators’ Association

  • Jazlyn Leonzo, PGCPS Student and President of the Prince George’s Regional Association of Student Governments (PGRASG); 

  • Makal Matthews, PGCPS Student and Vice President of PGRASG

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Interviews w/

  • Flora Arabo, National Director for State and Local Policy

Enterprise Community Partners

  • Frank Demarais, Deputy Director of Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs

  • Cate Denny, Attorney, DC Tenants Rights Center

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Interviews w/

  • Dr. Niambi Carter, Political Science Professor at Howard University,

  • Dr. Diarra Robertson, History & Government Department Chair at Bowie State University

  • Dr. Steven Taylor, Political Science Professor at American University.

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Interviews w/ 

  • Tierra Bradford, Policy Manager for Common Cause Maryland

  • Michael Mareno, the Deputy Director of the Civic Engagement Committee at UMD with the Student Government Association

  • Dr. Alvin Thornton, Political Scientist and Chair of the Board of Education for Prince George’s County Public Schools

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Interviews w/ 

  • Former Police Chief for Montgomery County, MD Clarence Edwards

  • State's Attorney for Prince George's County, MD  Aisha Braveboy