The Sui Generis Show - Civil Rights and Criminal Injustice

In segment one, WOSU has released an in-depth report on race in the Columbus Police Department, a 13 year old is shot by Salt Lake City Police, and Curtis Flowers finds justice after twenty-four years.

In segment two, as promised, we’ll be taking a dive into the complex subject of collateral consequences of a criminal conviction.

In segment one, criminal injustice news, we’re covering a study from the University of Vermont and Cornell on racial bias training (spoiler alert, it doesn’t make cops less racist), how people have turned the police’s abuse of Ring and other connected devices on it’s ear, and we’ll head down to Lousiville Kentucky where cowards in the state prosecutor’s office named Breonna Taylor a co-defendant in their prosecution of Jamarcus Glover.

In segment two, as promised, we’ll be talking about the right to Jury Trial during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In segment one we’ll be hitting the hottest stories in criminal injustice and civil rights starting with the Jacob Blake Shooting, the allegations against a Blue Lives Matter activist accused of murdering a protester and shooting two others, and actions of the appeals court in the Scott Peterson case.

In segment two we’ll be exploring the use of psychological experts by the Defense at trial.   

Segment one we’ll be discussing/ consequences for law enforcement secret societies, two men charged with the murder of Jason Mizel, AKA Jam Master Jay from Run DMC, and consequences for the Cook County prosecutor’s office over their handling of the Jessie Smollet case

In Segment two, as promised, we’ll be unpacking false confessions

Segment one: update to the case of the Michigan teen jailed for not doing her homework, we look at an appeal by “slenderman” copy cat Morgan Geyser, and a peak at secret societies inside America’s police departments.

Segment Two: Testilying - police dishonesty that is directed at the public, the justice system, and courts.

Segment one the Boston Marathon Bomber’s death sentence is over turned, an update on the Michigan teen jailed for not doing her homework, and clarifying some misconceptions about phantom warrants.

Segment two, as promised, we’ll be unpacking the phrase probable cause. What is this standard? How is it used in the law? And how the standard is applied in reality.

Update on the Michigan Teen jailed for not doing her homework.

Federal police are disappearing protesters in Portland and the trend seems to be spreading nationwide.

Segment 2:

Probation, parole, and the pandemic. What you need to know if you're on or about to be on probation right now.

Segment 1: 

Ohio Boy Scout Leader Confesses to Sexual Abuse of Scouts

Roger Stone's Pardon and the Pardon Powers Use and Abuses

Michigan Teen Jailed for Not Doing Homework

Segment 2:

What is a confession and why do confessing people need a lawyer?

Segment 1: 

FOP Plays Politics with Citizen Review Board

Johnny Depp's Defamation Trial Begins

Segment 2:

Miranda warnings: What are they, when are you entitled to receive them, how do you exercise your rights?

Ohio House passes criminal justice reform reducing most drug possession offense to misdemeanors.

I'll be Gone in the Dark premiers on HBO. Highlights dangers of giving your DNA to private corporations.

Justin Beiber sues for defamation based on false accusations of sexual assault.

Why police lie. Why the Courts are OK with it. And how you can protect yourself from their manipulative tactics.