Technological change is disrupting seemingly every field. How will it impact criminal justice systems around the world in the future?
Read MoreWhy would a defense attorney decide not to put up a defense at all? Dave answers a question from Liddy in Long Island.
Read MorePolice need a warrant to search your home and surrounding property... but not your vehicle. What if your vehicle is parked on your property? A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling settles the matter.
Read MoreA disability lawyer in Texas demonstrates why, when you're in a hole, it's best to stop digging.
Read MoreThe word “torture” conjures images of Abu Ghraib in Iraq, or waterboarding at CIA black sites. But in the 70s and 80s, torture went on in parts of the Chicago Police Department for years. We’ll learn what happened, and we’ll talk about the consequences for civilians and the justice system.
Read MoreA recent conversation on 90.5 WESA's The Confluence about cash-strapped municipalities consolidating their law enforcement agencies.
Read MoreDonald Trump demands an internal investigation into whether the FBI planted an informant in his presidential campaign. That duty that falls to the Inspector General of the Justice Department. What does this lesser-known office actually do?
Read MoreJohn from Dayton is a government teacher whose students have questions about the impeachment process. We break it down in another "Ask Dave" bonus episode.
Read MoreAnalysis of two U.S. Supreme Court decisions handed down this week upholding defendants' rights.
Read MoreWe know there are real criminals out there, people who need to go to prison. But what happens when a criminal admits his crimes, but goes to prison for something he swears he did not do -- a notorious double homicide? This is the story of drug dealer Calvin Buari, presented by journalist Steve Fishman in the new podcast Empire on Blood.
Read MoreAttorney General Jeff Sessions says the War on Drugs has been "a roaring success," and that ending stop-and-frisk practices caused crime to spike. The evidence says otherwise.
Read MoreWhat can courts do to mitigate the influence of abusive personalities on jury proceedings?
Read MoreWhat are pattern-or-practice consent decrees? Trisha wants to know more about how they're being applied in her home city of Baltimore and other cities.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Justice enforces the federal Constitution and statutes, and has the lead role in upholding the rule of law. But in the last year and a half, DOJ has received withering criticism and outright denunciation from the president. What’s the impact on the Department, and the rule of law?
Read MoreMichael Cohen takes the Fifth in the Stormy Daniels suit -- something his client Donald Trump has asserted only mobsters do. What's going on here?
Read MoreAnalysis of Thursday's guilty verdict in the second sexual abuse trial of comedian Bill Cosby.
Read MoreAs we await the next shoe-drop in the federal investigation of Trump family bagman and would-be consigliere Michael Cohen, a quick primer on attorney-client privilege: how does it work? what does it cover? is it a get-out-of-jail-free card? (spoiler: nope).
Read MoreIn convincing a reluctant client to take a plea deal, a Wisconsin lawyer bends the truth about what's in the deal.
Read MoreIn the US, there have been almost two thousand wrongful convictions Yet in so many cases, prosecutors, police, judges and even defense attorneys simply refuse to acknowledge these catastrophic mistakes. Our guest – a former prosecutor – explains why we blind ourselves to these injustices.
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