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In this week’s State of Criminal Justice we’ll cover how a cop became a millionaire by promoting white supremacy, troubling news about police training, and a new master's program for incarcerated women. In our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss how a police alternative is reducing violence.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover new lawsuits filed against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Michigan prisons banning non-English books, and an incarcerated father’s battle in court. In our New Ground segment we’ll discuss an anti-police student walkout in Chicago.

Police reforms prevent progress by keeping people caught up in a cycle of ineffective responses to systemic problems that should be addressed through abolition. Guests: Benji Hart, Chicago-based author, artist, and educator and Alysia Nicole Harris, poet, linguist, Christian and founding member of The Strivers Row

The death penalty is a carceral non-solution to societal problems that won’t be solved by punishment. Abolitionists know we have to address violence at the root, not through state violence.

The death penalty is an outdated, racist, and barbaric practice that sets the United States apart from the rest of the globe. It’s not about justice, it’s about state sponsored murder.

The myth of Black-on-Black crime has long created false narratives portraying Black America as being prone to violence. However, Black people aren’t exceptionally violent, we’re exceptionally marginalized. Abolition has answers to help us dispel the lies and change our conditions. Guest: Charles Preston, activist-organizer, published writer, artist, and spacemaker

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover some of the latest numbers regarding police killings, an update in the Emmett Till murder case, and a new voting police force. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll talk about the positive results one city is seeing with an alternative to policing.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll tell you about the judge who struck down the COVID-19 mask mandate, the execution of Patrick Lyoya, and a man who just “chose” firing squad execution over the electric chair. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss the inspiring work some incarcerated men are doing with braille.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how police ran over an unhoused person, lied for years to a civilian review board, and got away with decades of crimes. And in our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss an important donation from a famous artist.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice we’ll cover COVID relief … for drones? Then in our New Ground segment we’ll discuss an exciting new app.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover the hundreds of millions in pandemic relief dollars the LAPD received, a troubling court ruling for protesters in Louisiana, and the targeting of a Black detective in Kansas. In our New Ground segment, we’ll discuss a new tool and project that uses art to envision an end to mass incarceration.

In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover how police are lowering their standards even more, the return of a violent police unit, and the reappearance of an old form of execution. In our New Ground segment, we’ll talk about an inspiring project to get people in prisons access to critical knowledge.