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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Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Capital Region Health, University of Maryland Medical System
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Former Police Chief for Montgomery County, MD Clarence Edwards
State's Attorney for Prince George's County, MD Aisha Braveboy