Objection: A Spotlight On Justice San Francisco Young Defenders

The Young Defenders sit down with Patrick Geddes, a Deputy Public Defender, to chat about his career, thoughts about the criminal justice system, and how to keep perspective in the face of challenges. 

Interns discuss recent news related to the School to Prison Pipeline. The school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. Additionally, this is due to educational inequality in the United States. Many experts have credited factors such as school disturbance laws, zero-tolerance policies and practices, and an increase in police in schools in creating the "pipeline". This has become a hot topic of debate in discussions surrounding educational disciplinary policies as media coverage of youth violence and mass incarceration has grown during the early 21st century.

The YD interns are back to discuss strange crimes around the holiday season. So kick back, relax and enjoy this episode by a warm fire. Enjoy the holidays and please try to stay on the nice list if you can. 

The YD interns are back to discuss Court Watch, a program where volunteers go to court to observe proceedings and to assess whether courts are serving their communities fairly.

In this episode, the interns discuss what is a public defender and what their role is in the criminal justice system. 

Interns discuss recent news related to gun ownership and gun control laws in the united states as well as the impacts legislation has on mitigating gun violence on campus.