Just Reform

Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Irene Oritseweyiunmi Joe and Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack to discuss criminal legal reform and the delivery of public defense services. This is the final episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event. Panelists:Professor Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe - Acting Professor of Law, UC Davis School of LawChief Justice Bridget McCormack - Michigan Supreme CourtProfessor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law Resources:Let's move criminal justice reforms upstream: A perspective from the bench,  Bridget McCormackDefend the Public Defenders, Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe, The Atlantic About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.Follow us on social media:TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE Music Credits:Into Your Sleeve by St. Peter Lemon

Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Kay Levine, Miriam Krinsky and Liz Komar to discuss the progressive prosecutor movement, the various ways prosecutors can be involved in criminal legal reform, and the challenges that reform prosecutors face.This is the fourth episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event. Panelists:Professor Kay Levine- Professor of Law, Emory University School of LawMiriam Krinsky - Executive Director, Fair and Just ProsecutionLiz Komar - Director of Strategic Initiatives, Fair and Just ProsecutionProfessor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law Resources:21 Principals for the 21st Century Prosecutor, Brennan Center and the Fair and Just Prosecution Project ReportReconciling Drug Courts, Decarceration, and Harm Reduction, A Fair and Just Prosecution Project ReportThe Problem of Problem-Solving Courts, Erin Collins, UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 1573, 2021 The Rachel Rollins Policy Memo, March 2019 About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.Follow us on social media:TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE Music Credits:Slow Motion by Bensound

Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Shima Baughman and Amanda Woog to discuss the legal frameworks of bail reform, its relationship with communities, and what can be done to improve the system.This is the third episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event. Panelists:Professor Shima Baughman- Associate Research Dean, University of Utah College of LawAmanda Woog - Associate Director, Texas Fair Defense ProjectProfessor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law Resources:Reforming State Bail Reform. Shima Baughman, Lauren Boone, & Nathan JacksonPower and Procedure in Texas Bail-Setting. Amanda Woog & Nathan FennellPolicing Procedural Errors in the Lower Criminal Courts. Justin Murray, 89 Fordham Law Review 1411 (2021) About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.Follow us on social media:TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE Music Credits:Ground Effect by Bio Unit, Tanuki Trax by St. Peter Lemon

Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Bennett Capers and Somil Trivedi  to discuss racial injustice through topics such as how history has shaped racism today, the relationship between communities and punishment, abolition, and a renewed optimism about change in new generations.This is the second episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event. Panelists:Professor Bennett Capers- Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Race, Law, and Justice, Fordham University School of LawSomil Trivedi - Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Criminal Law Reform ProjectProfessor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law Resources:The Racial Architecture of Criminal Justice. Bennett CapersAfrofuturism, Critical Race Theory, and Policing in the Year 2044. Bennett Capers, 94 New York University Law Review 109 (2019).Why Prosecutors Keep Letting Police Get Away With Murder, Somil Trivedi, Slate The System Is Working the Way It Is Supposed to: The Limits of Criminal Justice Reform. Paul Butler, 2019 Freedom Center Journal (2020),  About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.Follow us on social media:TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE Music Credits:The Lounge by Bensound

Professor Pam Metzger is joined by Professor Kami Chavis and Walter Katz to discuss barriers and solutions to police accountability, with particular attention to police culture, the power of police unions, and qualified immunity.This is the first episode in a five part series of criminal legal reform conversations that the Deason Center is holding in collaboration with the SMU Law Review. This podcast was edited and adapted from a live virtual event. Panelists:Professor Kami Chavis- Vice Provost, Professor of Law, and Director of Criminal Justice Program, Wake Forest University School of LawWalter Katz - Vice President of Criminal Justice, Arnold VenturesProfessor Pamela Metzger- Director, Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, SMU Dedman School of Law Resources:Curbing Excessive Force: A Primer on Barriers to Police Accountability. Kami N. Chavis & Conor DegnanPolice in America: Ensuring Accountability and Mitigating Racial Bias Feat. Paul Butler. 11 Nw. J.L. & Soc. Pol’y. 385 (2017)Arnold Venture’s Walter Katz on the Current State of Police Reform in America About the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center:The Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center is a nonpartisan center for research and advocacy that combines data-driven research and compelling stories to advocate for innovative criminal justice reform.Follow us on social media:TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE Music Credits:Slow Motion by Bensound