Public Defenseless - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Criminal defense attorney here. More specifically, an Iowa private defense attorney who accepts court-appointed indigent defendants at the state and federal levels. I just started this podcast, and in fact, am writing this review after pausing midway through the first (full) episode. Notwithstanding, I’m already overly impressed with the volume of information critically relevant to understanding the criminal ‘justice’ system faced by millions of Americans every year.

Excited to explore the next 40+ episodes, and will be sharing this gem with non-attorney friends and family as well as colleagues.

If you support the Death Penalty, believe that the US justice system is largely fair, and think that stories of failings are scant exceptions to the rule, this should be your next podcast to listen to. Example after example of the capriciousness of US crime law is presented. Powerful! and Needed. Listening feels like having a backstage pass to monumental court proceedings. Thank you! Highly recommend.

As a former Colorado public defender (and still indigent criminal defense attorney), I’m biased in favor of the excellent coverage of issues in Colorado, including the crisis in our state public defender system and the horrors unfolding in municipal courts.

But I also love every episode from elsewhere in the country. It’s so easy for us to be in our silos and forget that there are hundreds of other offices out there facing similar challenges and coming up with innovative solutions. This podcast is a wonderful way to help bring us together and share ideas.

A true public service.

Public Defenseless details how the presumption of innocence is fiction in courtrooms across the country.

While we supposedly have the right to a trial by a jury of our peers, defendants who are largely Black and Latino men, are compelled to take pleas or face lengthy, painful incarceration.

The American justice system as revealed by Public Defenseless is so deeply broken and must be reformed.

Great podcast that is thoughtful and helpful. Public defenders need better funding and a limit on clients that need help.