02: Injustice in Justice Language∙n∙Justice

This is an episode about linguistic injustice in the legal system. We talk about the many ways that language intersects with the law, cases where linguists have helped justice be served, and cases where the lack of linguistic intervention caused major problems.REFERENCES CBS News. (2013, July 30). Protesters across U.S. turn out in support of Trayvon Martin [Video]. Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7D6HuQIIkM Davies, D. (2017, August 22). FBI profiler says linguistic work was pivotal i...