Public Defenseless

by Hunter Parnell

Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system perpetuates cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people just trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the system and what we can do about it. Host and public defender Hunter Parnell talks with defense attorneys, advocates, scholars and journalists from across the country as they pull apart the system's convoluted web. Views are the host's and guests' own, not their employers'. Not legal advice.

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Latest episodes

531 | What Does the Los Angeles County Public Defender Union Think of Their New Workload Study? w/Karl Fenske E Oct 29, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min
530 | What Will it Take to Abolish the Death Penalty in California w/Diane Lozano E Oct 28, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
529 | How Does the Leadership of the Los Angeles County Public Defender Plan to Use Their New Workload Study? w/Ricardo Garcia and Traci Blackburn E Oct 27, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
528 | Will Utah's Tough-on-Crime Policies Force Salt Lake's Public Defenders to Stop Taking New Cases? w/Richard Mauro. E Oct 22, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
527 | Why it is so Important for Public Defenders to Expand the Right to Counsel to Family Defense w/Kelly Driscoll E Oct 20, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min
Bonus: Vote No on Proposition 132, the Colorado Fentanyl Measure From a Conservative Dark Money Group, with Kyle Giddings E Oct 16, 2026 · 37 min
526 | How Public Defenders can use New Second Amendment Supreme Court Case to Win Self-Defense Claims w/Jacob Charles E Oct 15, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
525 | Will Police Soon be Deploying Armed Autonomous Drones to a Neighborhood Near You? w/Matthew Guariglia E Oct 14, 2026 · 42 min
524 | How Police and Their Unions Became One of the Most Powerful Forces in American Politics w/Stuart Schrader E Oct 13, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min
523 | How the Number One Tool for Mass Deportations Might be Unconstitutional w/Eric Fish E Oct 8, 2026 · 56 min