Objection: A Spotlight On Justice

The Young Defenders sit down with Patrick Geddes, a Deputy Public Defender, to chat about his career, thoughts about the criminal justice system, and how to keep perspective in the face of challenges. 

Interns discuss recent news related to the School to Prison Pipeline. The school-to-prison pipeline (SPP) is the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to become incarcerated because of increasingly harsh school and municipal policies. Additionally, this is due to educational inequality in the United States. Many experts have credited factors such as school disturbance laws, zero-tolerance policies and practices, and an increase in police in schools in creating the "pipeline". This has become a hot topic of debate in discussions surrounding educational disciplinary policies as media coverage of youth violence and mass incarceration has grown during the early 21st century.

The YD interns are back to discuss strange crimes around the holiday season. So kick back, relax and enjoy this episode by a warm fire. Enjoy the holidays and please try to stay on the nice list if you can. 

The YD interns are back to discuss Court Watch, a program where volunteers go to court to observe proceedings and to assess whether courts are serving their communities fairly.

In this episode, the interns discuss what is a public defender and what their role is in the criminal justice system. 

Interns discuss recent news related to gun ownership and gun control laws in the united states as well as the impacts legislation has on mitigating gun violence on campus. 

This episode is of Objection: A Spotlight on Justice is about Youth, Rights, and Protesting in San Francisco, and is co-hosted by the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability. 

SFYD interns sit down with Department of Police Accountability interns to learn more about the department, its process of holding officers accountable, and the department's internship process. 

Interns discuss recent incidents of police misconduct while joining the larger conversation about police brutality and accountability. 

SFYD interns discuss the gender gap in the law, portrayals of attorneys in media shapes people's perceptions of the legal profession and pursuing legal careers in various areas.