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178: How Does the Tennessee Youth Legal System Allow Judges to Make up Crimes and Illegally Jail Kids w/Christina Kleiser and Meribah Knight
Today, Hunter is joined by two fierce advocates for youth justice in the state of Tennessee. Chris Kleiser, a Knox County Public Defender, and Meribah Knight, a Senior Reporter for Special Projects with Nashville Public Radio, bring us a story of how one rouge judge illegally policed and caged young people in Rutherford County Tennessee. Many of you may have read the shocking reporting last year about Judge Donna Scott Davenport. Over more than two decades, she abused her position of power on the bench, and today’s episode is designed to figure out what structural things in the Tennessee criminal legal system allow this to happen.
Guests:
Christina Kleiser, Assistant Public Defender and Youth Lead, Knox County, Tennessee
Meribah Knight, Senior Reporter for Special Projects, Nashville Public Radio
Resources:
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge
https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist
Judge Davenport Plans to Retire
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-bill-seeks-to-remove-tennessee-judge-who-illegally-jailed-children
Check out the In Defense of Children Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/5RrAfBAibvkm117xBx8GmW
https://www.instagram.com/indefenseofchildrenpodcast/
Follow Meribah Knight on Twitter
https://twitter.com/meribah?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Read Meribah’s Work
https://www.meribahknight.com/
Serial’s Podcast with Meribah
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/podcasts/serial-kids-rutherford-county.html
https://open.spotify.com/show/4SwSDvOGcbc4cPA52nS4ww
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kids-of-rutherford-county/id1707247008
Knox County Public Defender
https://www.pdknox.org/
Contact Hunter Parnell:
@PublicDefenselessPodcast
@PDefenselessPod
www.publicdefenseless.com
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www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast
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https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ
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Today, Hunter is joined by two fierce advocates for youth justice in the state of Tennessee. Chris Kleiser, a Knox County Public Defender, and Meribah Knight, a Senior Reporter for Special Projects with Nashville Public Radio, bring us a story of how one rouge judge illegally policed and caged young people in Rutherford County Tennessee. Many of you may have read the shocking reporting last year about Judge Donna Scott Davenport. Over more than two decades, she abused her position of power on the bench, and today’s episode is designed to figure out what structural things in the Tennessee criminal legal system allow this to happen.
Guests:
Christina Kleiser, Assistant Public Defender and Youth Lead, Knox County, Tennessee
Meribah Knight, Senior Reporter for Special Projects, Nashville Public Radio
Resources:
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge
https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist
Judge Davenport Plans to Retire
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-bill-seeks-to-remove-tennessee-judge-who-illegally-jailed-children
Check out the In Defense of Children Podcast
https://open.spotify.com/show/5RrAfBAibvkm117xBx8GmW
https://www.instagram.com/indefenseofchildrenpodcast/
Follow Meribah Knight on Twitter
https://twitter.com/meribah?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Read Meribah’s Work
https://www.meribahknight.com/
Serial’s Podcast with Meribah
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/podcasts/serial-kids-rutherford-county.html
https://open.spotify.com/show/4SwSDvOGcbc4cPA52nS4ww
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kids-of-rutherford-county/id1707247008
Knox County Public Defender
https://www.pdknox.org/
Contact Hunter Parnell:
@PublicDefenselessPodcast
@PDefenselessPod
www.publicdefenseless.com
Subscribe to the Patron
www.patreon.com/PublicDefenselessPodcast
Donate on PayPal
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5KW7WMJWEXTAJ
Donate on Stripe
https://donate.stripe.com/7sI01tb2v3dwaM8cMN
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