Christopher Wright Durocher is joined by Professor Elisabeth Semel to talk about her recently released report, Guess Who’s Coming to Jury Duty? They discuss how too many courts don’t adequately track prospective jurors’ race and ethnicity and how the failure to take a race-conscious approach to jury selection and service results in the perpetuation of implicit, explicit, and institutional racial bias in our criminal legal system.

Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.org

Today's Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, Vice President of Policy and Program

Featured Speaker: Elisabeth Semel, Chancellor’s Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Death Penalty Clinic, Berkeley Law

Link: Guess Who's Coming to Jury Duty? Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic

Link: Whitewashing the Jury Box, Berkeley Law Death Penalty Clinic

Link: Batson v. Kentucky

Visit the Podcast Website: Broken Law Podcast

Email the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.org

Follow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube

-----------------
Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn’t.
-----------------

Production House: Flint Stone Media

Copyright of American Constitution Society 2024.

This week on Broken Law, we revisit two moving speeches from ACS's 2023 National Convention. Oren Nimni and Sherrilyn Ifill explore the complicity of lawyers in maintaining our unjust legal system and the special responsibility we bear in creating a more just future.

Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.org

Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS

Featured Speaker: Oren Nimni, Litigation Director, Rights Behind Bars

Featured Speaker: Sherrilyn Ifill, Former President and Director Counsel, NAACP LDF; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights, Howard University

Link: Register for ACS's 2024 National Convention

Visit the Podcast Website: Broken Law Podcast

Email the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.org

Follow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube

-----------------
Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn’t.
-----------------

Production House: Flint Stone Media

Copyright of American Constitution Society 2024.

Florida and Arizona state courts recently green lit restrictive abortion bans and the Supreme Court hears two cases that will have significant implications for how doctors and pregnant people navigate the post-Dobbs chaos. Elizabeth Binczik and Lindsay Langholz discuss the latest abortion news and how these developments are interacting with this year's elections.

Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today: ACSLaw.org

Today's Host: Elizabeth Binczik

Guest: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director of Policy and Program, ACS

Link: Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says the abortion ruling from justices he chose goes too far by Mead Gruver

Link: Mississippi Keeps the Door Firmly Shut on Ballot Initiatives by Daniel Nichanian

Link: The Shadow Medical Community Behind the Attempt to Ban Medication Abortion by Jordan Smith

Link: After Roe Fell: Abortion Laws by State

Visit the Podcast Website: Broken Law Podcast

Email the Show: Podcast@ACSLaw.org

Follow ACS on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube

-----------------
Broken Law: About the law, who it serves, and who it doesn’t.
-----------------

Production House: Flint Stone Media

Copyright of American Constitution Society 2024.