Public Defenseless

Public Defenseless

Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system is perpetuating cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people simply trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the justice system and what we can do about it. Join host, Hunter Parnell, as he interviews top defense attorneys and criminal justice stakeholders from across the country as they pull apart the convoluted web of our criminal justice system. Like so many of you, Hunter is not an attorney, simply tired of a news cycle and talking heads that offer no real solutions to the ever-growing list of problems we face. Hunter hopes that with this information, you will share his belief that ordinary people still can make a difference.

Episodes

October 23, 2025 65 mins

Today, Hunter spoke with Natasha Dartigue, the Chief Public Defender of the Maryland Office of Public Defense. This time, Nat...

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Today, Hunter was joined by the Southern Center for Human Right’s Blake Feldman. Hunter and Blake walked through a handful of...

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Today, Hunter was joined by three guests from Hennepin County’s Adult Representation Services. As has been discussed multiple...

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Today, Hunter was joined by Journalist Dan Hinkel to discuss his newest piece about the Conviction Integrity Unit in Cook Cou...

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Today, Hunter was joined once again by Carlos Martinez, Chief Public Defender in Miami Dade County. This time, Carlos joined ...

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Today, Hunter was joined by several amazing public defenders from the Montana Public Defender System. Each one of them joins ...

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Today, Hunter was joined once again by Andre de Gruy, Mississippi’s State Public Defender. Andre joins the show this time to ...

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Today, Hunter was joined by Dean Jenny Roberts of Hofstra Law School. On today’s episode, Hunter and Dean Roberts discuss a l...

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Today, Hunter was joined by Professor Joshua Clark Daivs to discuss his new book, Police Against the Movement. In the ...

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Today, Hunter was joined by Professor Shira Diner to discuss the Bar Advocate work stoppage in the state of Massachusetts. Ba...

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Today, Hunter was joined by Caneel Fraser and Tatyana Kaplan of California’s Office of the State Public Defender. The three s...

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Today, Hunter was joined once again by Alec Karatkatsanis. This time, Alec is here discussing Copaganda, cop fueled propaganda that shapes the way our society understands crime, the criminal legal system, and most importantly, convinces people that the only way to make our communities safer is by increasing our policing. In his new book, Copaganda, Alec explains how this propaganda is created, how it is laundered through ost...

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Today, Hunter was joined by John J. Lennon to discuss his new book, The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Sto...

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Today, Hunter was joined by Will Snowden of the Juror Project to discuss how they plan on revitalizing the jury around the co...

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Today, Hunter was joined once again by Vichal Kumar of Partners for Justice. This time, Vichal joins the show to discuss a ne...

Today, Hunter was joined by Michael Rempel and Anna Stenkamp of the Data Collaborative for Justice. They discuss a recent rep...

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Today, Hunter was joined by activist, prisoner journalist, and author of Ending Isolation, Christopher Blackwell. On t...

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Today, Hunter was once again joined by Chesa Boudin and Eric Fish to discuss a law review article they recently published. Th...

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Today, Hunter hosted a debate between Professor John Gross and Professor Bob Boruchowitz about the Public Defender National W...

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Today, Hunter hosted a debate between Professor John Gross and Professor Bob Boruchowitz about the Public Defender National W...

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