HeyJaredThe Cook County Public Defender Podcast
This podcast highlights the work of Defenders at the Cook County Public Defender's Office. Every episode we will feature Defenders and the work they do to serve their clients and advance the mission of the office while updating news of the office.The views and opinions…
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Telling our client's story: Mitigation Specialist Emma Sherman (opens the original)
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Today we sit down with Mitigation Specialist Emma Sherman . People ensnared in the criminal legal system, the family policing system, the immigration system, and all other systems defenders work in are judged on an accusation, a moment in time to the complete disregard of their entire life. Mitigation specialists in the Client Services Division tell the story of our clients. Client by client, case by case, individuals are humanized by the great work of mitigators. Emma tells her story and her in
From the Courtroom to the Classroom: Theo Thomas (opens the original)
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Defender Theo Thomas is a brilliant attorney, trainer and teacher and is the Deputy of Professional Development with our office. Theo has successfully tried countless cases from misdemeanor to murder and everything in between. He also teaches at the DePaul College of Law and is the head coach of their Mock Trial Program.
Why Edwin Alvarez Became a Public Defender (opens the original)
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Our guest this episode is Defender Edwin Alvarez who is an Assistant Public Defender in our Bridgeview Division. Edwin started with the office in 2022. He is a kind spirit with a fascinating story of how he became a public defender.
Professor Dorothy Roberts on Race, Family Policing and Child Welfare (opens the original)
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We are pleased to welcome Professor Dorothy Roberts to the show. Professor Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint appointments in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School, where she is the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights. She is also founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society. Her books include Killing the Black Body:
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