the JustPod
Podcast for the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. We'll talk current issues in criminal justice reform, policy and the Supreme Court. We'll discuss the work of the Criminal Justice Section including events, Task Forces, Standards, the ABA's ICC project and more. This is the Criminal Justice Section of the ABA’s podcast, and may not contain official ABA policy statements. For the ABA’s Code of Online Conduct visit here: https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/codeofconduct/
Episodes
181 episodes
Our Discussion with Josh Hoe, Senior Policy Manager at Dream.org
Josh Hoe is Senior Policy Manager at Dream.org, and the host and creator of the Decarceration Nation Podcast. Josh, who is himself formerly incarcerated, is the author of “Writing Your Own Best Story: Addiction + Living Hope.” We co...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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45:23
The Vacation of Tom Hayes’s Conviction (Part 2 of our two-part discussion)
This is Part 2 of our two-part discussion with Tom Hayes, the now vindicated former English banker, who we first spoke with in April 2025. At the time of that earlier discussion with Tom, in Part 1 of this series, Tom was awaiting a decis...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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52:34
The Conviction of Tom Hayes and the Global Libor Scandal (Part 1 of our two-part discussion)
This is the first episode in our two-part discussion with Tom Hayes, who we first spoke with in April 2025. At the time of our first discussion with Tom, recorded in Part 1 of this series, Tom was awaiting a decision of the United Kingdom...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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58:53
Our Discussion with Philadelphia U.S. Attorney David Metcalf
In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, home to Philadelphia and its surrounding counties, the U.S. Attorney is David Metcalf. We spoke shortly after the end of the government shutdown, at a time when the U.S. Department of Justice is un...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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40:48
Artist Mark Loughney Discusses Creating Art from Prison, and His Exhibition of “Pyrrhic Defeat,” Showcasing His Portraits of Fellow Inmates in Pennsylvania State Prison
Mark Loughney’s art has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (“MoMa PS-1”), and published in The New Yorker and The Atlantic. His black-and-white ink drawings evoke a mix of M.C. Escher and Salvadore Dali, with sur...
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Season 7
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Episode 15
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44:58
Gary Tyler’s Quest for Justice in Louisiana’s Angola Prison
[For a complementary audio excerpt of Gary Tyler’s book, narrated by Cary Hite, describing the point when Tyler is considering accepting a government plea agreement, and starting life outside Angola, listen
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Season 7
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Episode 15
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57:03
Sentencing reform, statutory mandatory minimum sentences, and the quest for justice: Our discussion with retired federal District Judge Mark W. Bennett
The honorable Mark W. Bennett is a retired U.S. District Court Judge, and the former Chief Judge of the Northern District of Iowa. Judge Bennett retired from the federal bench in 2019, and is now Director Emeritus of the Institute for Jus...
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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58:49
From Prison to Prison Consultant: Our Discussion with Joseph De Gregorio
Joseph De Gregorio was raised in a middle-class working family in Brooklyn, and comes from a line of hard workers. His father regularly got up at 4am to work at a plant, where he was a machinist. Joseph himself had the opportunity t...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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47:06
White Collar Talks: Upcoming International White Collar Crime Institute in Geneva
Joe Whitley (Womble Bond Dickinson) discusses the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s International White Collar Crime Institute (a special convening of the Global White Collar Crime Institute and the London White Collar Crime Institute) in Geneva, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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33:48
When You Come at the King: Our interview of National Best-Selling Author and CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig, about his recently released book on investigations of U.S. Presidents
Elie Honig is CNN’s Senior Legal Analyst, and a former federal prosecutor. He is the bestselling author of Hatchet Man: How Bill Barr Broke the Prosecutor's Code and Corrupted the Justice Department (published by HarperCollins in...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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46:10
White Collar Talks: 11th Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute
Nina Marino, Joe Whitley and Brian McEvoy share in a meaningful discussion about the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s Annual Southeastern White Collar Cri...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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35:35
International Prisoner Transfers: A Conversation with Bruce Zagaris
What is the process for transferring a criminal defendant from U.S. custody to a foreign country? We learn this and more from our discussion with Bruce Zagaris, a Partner in the Washington, DC Office of Berliner, Corcoran, and Rowe, who i...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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40:44
What do the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Chabad Chassidic movement have to do with criminal justice reform? It all starts with “Aleph.”
What do the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, zt”l, and the Chabad Chassidic movement have to do with criminal justice reform? Find out in the latest episode of the JustPod, with our guest, Rabbi Yossi Bryski, the Direc...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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44:08
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Discussion with Susan Bozorgi
Please join co-hosts Joe Whitley and Nina Marino for an insightful discussion with our distinguished guest, Susan Bozorgi.Susan started her impressive career in the public defender’s office in Miami where she found her calling opposing t...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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44:51
Volunteering for the Death Penalty: Our Discussion with Award-Winning Journalist Gianna Toboni and Her Debut Book About Scott Dozier
Gianna Toboni’s book, The Volunteer: The Failure of the Death Penalty in America and One Inmate’s Quest to Die with Dignity, is a morally provocative chronicle about Scott Dozier, a former Army Ranger, who was sentenced to death, and “...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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51:57
Defending the “Evil Genius”: A Discussion with Leonard Ambrose, and his Representation of Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong
It was a pleasure to welcome Leonard Ambrose to the JustPod to discuss his representation of the notorious defendant Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong. Ambrose obtained an acquittal of Armstrong after she shot her boyfriend six times as he lay on ...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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42:17
A discussion with defense counsel Rocco Cipparone and Angie Levy on January 6 prosecutions
What was it like to defend clients in prosecutions arising out of events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021? A discussion with defense counsel Rocco Cipparone and Angie Levy.Following the events at the Uni...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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42:16
Lawyer, Gentleman, and Counsel to the Stars: A Discussion with Brian McMonagle
In Philadelphia, a city known for great trial lawyers, our next guest stands out among them. Brian McMonagle began his career in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where in his twenties he became one of the youngest lawyers to pr...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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44:26
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Discussion with Karen Popp
Please join co-hosts Joe Whitley and Nina Marino for an insightful discussion with our distinguished guest, Karen Popp. Karen, a partner at Sidley Austin, is a highly regarded and well-known leader in the field of white collar defen...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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40:51
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Interview with Hon. Larry D. Thompson
We are pleased to share with you our latest podcast with the Honorable Larry D. Thompson. Thompson has had extensive leadership experience in both the private and public sectors. He served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern Di...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:05:54
White Collar Talks with Nina & Joe: Former U.S. Attorney Dena King
This segment of “White Collar Talks with Nina and Joe” features former United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena King. Guest co-host is Lynsey Barron.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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37:05
The Murder of a Wonderful Law School Professor, and Our Discussion with his Mother, Ruth Markel: In Memory of Professor Dan Markel
On the morning of July 19, 2014, Florida State University Law Professor Dan Markel—a friend and mentor to Justin, and to so many others—was shot and killed in his driveway in Tallahassee, Florida. Dan was 41 years old, and the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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43:07
The King of Cross: A Discussion with Larry Pozner, a Leading Expert on Cross-Examination
Larry Pozner is perhaps the most sought-after teacher of cross-examination strategy and tactics. In over 400 lectures, he has taught generations of lawyers how to more effectively conduct this most important of courtroom examinations—what...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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51:34
Representing People with Mental Disabilities: Elizabeth Kelley Returns to the JustPod to Discuss the Second Edition of her Book
We welcomed back Elizabeth Kelley (who previously joined us on Nov 16, 2023), to talk about the recent publication of the second edition of her book, Representing People with Mental Disabilities: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawye...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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43:41
What's it like to lead a death penalty “Execution Team”? A discussion with retired Prison Warden Ron McAndrew and Dr. Shanker Nesathurai
Ever wondered about the mental health toll on members of a death penalty “Execution Team”? We discuss this topic and others on the JustPod with two men who are both familiar with the practice of lethal injection, but for very different re...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:05:16