Racial bias in the criminal justice system isn't just about old-school bigots. The real problem is unconscious bias in the minds of most of us, including police. How does this impact life-and-death police work?
Melba Pearson is Assistant District Attorney in Miami-Dade, Florida, and President of the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Sometimes a local law enforcement agency is so dysfunctional that the federal government has to get involved. What does a top-to-bottom overhaul of an entire police department look like?
Sam Walker is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, and a leading expert on police accountability.
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Civil liberties and surveillance technology don't often go together. But when it comes to preventing and punishing police misconduct, many civil libertarians think equipping officers with body-worn video cameras could make a difference.
We look at the promise and perils of police body cameras in conversation with Vic Walczak, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.
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David Harris previews Criminal Injustice in conversation with Paul Guggenheimer on 90.5 WESA's Essential Pittsburgh.
David A. Harris is Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, and a nationally recognized expert on criminal law.
In partnership with 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR News Station, he hosts a weekly discussion with researchers, policy experts, law enforcement and court officials, and others about what's broken in America's criminal justice system -- and how to fix it.