Public Defenseless

Hunter Parnell

Topics: Government · Politics

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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.

Latest episode531 | What Does the Los Angeles County Public Defender Union Think of Their New Workload Study? w/Karl FenskeOctober 29, 2026 · 76 min

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Latest episodes

1. 531 | What Does the Los Angeles County Public Defender Union Think of Their New Workload Study? w/Karl FenskeOctober 29, 2026 · 76 min
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3. 529 | How Does the Leadership of the Los Angeles County Public Defender Plan to Use Their New Workload Study? w/Ricardo Garcia and Traci BlackburnOctober 27, 2026 · 62 min
4. 528 | Will Utah's Tough-on-Crime Policies Force Salt Lake's Public Defenders to Stop Taking New Cases? w/Richard Mauro.October 22, 2026 · 64 min
5. 527 | Why it is so Important for Public Defenders to Expand the Right to Counsel to Family Defense w/Kelly DriscollOctober 20, 2026 · 60 min
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7. 526 | How Public Defenders can use New Second Amendment Supreme Court Case to Win Self-Defense Claims w/Jacob CharlesOctober 15, 2026 · 66 min
8. 525 | Will Police Soon be Deploying Armed Autonomous Drones to a Neighborhood Near You? w/Matthew GuarigliaOctober 14, 2026 · 43 min
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