The first in a series on electing prosecutors - an interview with Rachel Barkow about the role that politics plays in electing prosecutors, and what to know and what to ask candidates for that office.

Her book, Prisoners of Politics, can be found here: https://bookshop.org/books/prisoners-of-politics-breaking-the-cycle-of-mass-incarceration/9780674919235

For more of her bio: https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.biography&personid=20660

Music by Evan Schaeffer