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Public Defenseless

Hunter Parnell
Public Defenseless
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    479 | What Data Tells Us About the Public Defender Well Being Crisis Part 2 w/Jenny Andrews, Matthew Thiese, and Sara McCarthy

    05/21/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    Today, Hunter was joined once again by Jenny Andrews and for the first time Matthew Thiese and Sarah McCarthay. As was the case on Tuesday, this episode is a continued discussion about the National Public Defender Well-Being Study. This time, the focus is on the upcoming phase two that people can participate in starting June 1.
     
     
     
    Guest:
     
    Jenny Andrews, Director, Be Sustained
     
    Matthew These Ph.D., Professor, Utah University School of Medicine
     
    Sarah McCarthy, Chief Assistant Public Defender, Santa Clara, California
     
    Resource:
     
    Find Everything About the Study Here
     
    https://besustained.org/
     
    Contact Matthew Here
     
    https://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/matthew-s-thiese
     
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    [email protected] 
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    **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****
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    478 | The Effect of Public Defender and Support Staff Caseloads on Incarceration Outcomes for Felony Defendants w/Aaron Gottlieb and Melissa Mahabir

    05/20/2026 | 51 mins.
    Today, Hunter was joined by Aaron Gottlieb and Melissa Mahabir to discuss how excessive workloads drive worse outcomes for the people public defenders work for.
    Guest:
    Aaron Gottlieb, Associate Professor, University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice
    Melissa Mahabir, Social Worker and Former Mitigation Specialist
    Resource:
    Read the Article Here
    https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/712924
    Contact Aaron Here
    https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/directory/aaron-gottlieb
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    *** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER***
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    477 | What Data Tells Us About the Public Defender Well Being Crisis Part 1 w/Jenny Andrews and Jon Jachimowicz

    05/19/2026 | 1h 13 mins.
    Today, Hunter was joined once again by Jenny Andrews and for the first time Professor Jon Jachimowicz. Over the past year, Jenny, Jon, and the amazing team working with Be Sustained have been conducting a study about Public Defender Well Being. This episode details the findings from phase one of that study.
     
    Guest:
    Jenny Andrews, Director, Be Sustained
    Jon Jachimowicz, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
     
    Resource:
    Find Everything About the Study Here
    https://besustained.org/
    Contact Jon Here
    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=1175257
     
    Contact Hunter Parnell:                                
    [email protected] 
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    @PublicDefenselessPodcast
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    **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****
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    476 | What Can Public Defender Organizations Do to Help People With Their Student Debt? w/Jane Fox and Alexi Shalom

    05/14/2026 | 1h 7 mins.
    Today, Hunter was joined once again by Jane Fox and for the first time Alexi Shalom. These two have been working tirelessly to develop programs that can help members of their union deal with crushing student debt. Today, these two join to explain those programs and what else Public Defender leaders can do to help their people with student debt.
     
     
     
    Guest:
    Jane Fox, Legal Aid Society and Unit Chair, ALAA Local 2325
    Alexi Shalom, Ed Rep, UAW Region 9A
     
    Resource:
    Learn More Here
    https://region9a.uaw.org/education
    Contact Jane
    [email protected]
     
    Contact Hunter Parnell:                                
    [email protected] 
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    @PublicDefenselessPodcast
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    **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****
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    475 | Why is Cook County's State Attorney Fighting to Keep Exonerated People From Getting Certificates of Their Innocence w/Dan Hinkel

    05/13/2026 | 58 mins.
    Today, Hunter was joined once again by Dan Hinkel. Dan is an investigative journalist with Injustice Watch, and today, he joined the show to talk about the third instalment of his series called "Denying Innocence." This series details how the new Cook County State Attorney, Eileen O'Neil Burke has changed how her office handles wrongful convictions. This episode is about how Burke's office is now fighting to keep exonerated people from getting certificates to show their innocence.
     
     
     
    Guest:
    Dan Hinkel, Investigative Journalist, Injustice Watch
     
    Resource:
    Read the Series Here:
    https://www.injusticewatch.org/projects/denying-innocence/
     
    Contact Hunter Parnell:                                
    [email protected] 
    Instagram
    @PublicDefenselessPodcast
    Twitter                                                                
    @PDefenselessPod
    www.publicdefenseless.com 
    Subscribe to the Patreon
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    Trying to find a specific part of an episode? Use this link to search transcripts of every episode of the show!
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    **** ALL OPINONS SHARED BY HOST HUNTER PARNELL DO NOT REFLECT THE THOUGHTS OR OPINIONS OF THE AURORA MUNICIPAL PUBLIC DEFENDER****
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About Public Defenseless
Anyone paying attention can tell you that our criminal legal system is perpetuating cruelty and harm, but the complexity of the legal world overwhelms most people simply trying to get through another day. Public Defenseless explores the rot in the justice system and what we can do about it. Join host, Hunter Parnell, as he interviews top defense attorneys and criminal justice stakeholders from across the country as they pull apart the convoluted web of our criminal justice system. Like so many of you, Hunter is not an attorney, simply tired of a news cycle and talking heads that offer no real solutions to the ever-growing list of problems we face. Hunter hopes that with this information, you will share his belief that ordinary people still can make a difference.
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