The JustPod The Criminal Justice Section of the ABA

Featuring: Faraz Mohammadi, Assistant United States Attorney, Orange County, CA
Linda Britton ABA CJS Standards Director
Kyo Suh ABA CJS Technology and Publications Manager
Emily Johnson Senior Public Relations Specialist

Join us to learn more about how you can take part in the many opportunities available to members of the Section, from publishing, to creating policy, fellowships, media opportunities and more.

Also, this will be our last episode before a hiatus. The JustPod will return at a later date.

Featuring: Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law

Kristin joins us to discuss her recently published book “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.” Kristin shares some highlights with our listeners as well as sharing her method for gathering the perspectives and conclusions put forward in this work.

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Featuring: Melba Pearson, Policy Director for the Center for the Administration of Justice with the Florida International University.

Is that assault? Melba joins us to answer one of the questions that filled Twitter following the Oscars. Yes, we are talking about "the slap"  but as one of many examples as we try to discern the obligations of law enforcement and prosecutors when a victim decides not to press charges.

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Featuring: Wayne McKenzie, General Counsel at NYC Department of Probation
Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section.

Wayne joins us to give an update on what the Section has been up to and what plans they have for the coming months. We discuss in-person events like the recent National White Collar Crime Institute and our upcoming CJS Spring Meeting in Savannah. We also discuss the other work of the Section in awards and competitions.

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Featuring: Prof. David M. Crane, Distinguished Scholar in Residence Syracuse University College of Law; Founding Chief Prosecutor UN Special Court for Sierra Leone; Founder, Global Accountability Network; Board of Advisors for the International Criminal Court Project (ABA’s Criminal Justice Section & Center for Human Rights)

David joins us to highlight the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian during its current invasion of Ukraine. Learn more about the actors, the means and the current state of prosecuting Vladimir Putin and Russian Commanders for these atrocities. Also, please note what needs to happen to move the prosecution forward.

International Criminal Court Project (ABA’s Criminal Justice Section & Center for Human Rights) 

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