Josie Duffy Rice

Josie and Clint talk about prison abolition with Mariame Kaba.

Josie and Clint talk to Sonya Shah, an associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, about restorative justice.

Josie and Clint talk to NYU law professor Rachel Barkow about presidential pardon powers.

Josie and Clint unpack the felony murder doctrine with Marlon Peterson, an advocate, writer, and host of the podcast DEcarcerated.

Josie and Clint talk to Cook County’s head prosecutor.

Josie and Clint discuss the power and pitfalls of crime reporting with Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post.

In 1996, Michele Benjamin was sentenced to life without parole for killing a man who she said solicited her for sex and menaced her with a weapon in New Orleans. A Supreme Court decision led her to be re-sentenced to life with a chance at parole in 2016. Today, a parole hearing brings the possibility of freedom.

Josie and Clint talk judicial elections with Alicia Bannon, program manager at the Brennan Center for Justice.

Josie and Clint interview Abd’Allah Lateef, Pennsylvania Coordinator for the Incarcerated Children’s Advocacy Network.

Josie and Clint talk with Sara Totonchi, the Executive Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights.

Josie and Clint talk with Jon Rapping, the founder and president of Gideon’s Promise.

Josie and Clint talk with the author and journalist about race, politics, and mass incarceration.

Josie and Clint talk with Elizabeth Hinton, Associate Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.

Josie and Clint talk with Alida Garcia, an attorney and advocate at FWD.us, about where immigration and criminal law increasingly overlap.

After Tuesday’s primary victories for reform candidates, defining a progressive agenda for prosecutors is more pressing than ever. Rashad Robinson joins Josie and Clint.

Beyond the numbers of America’s incarceration crisis.

A deep dive into the history and future of disenfranchising people who have been convicted of felonies.

Josie and Clint talk with the artist about criminal justice reform and his #FREEAMERICA campaign.

A podcast from The Appeal, featuring Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith.

A podcast from The Appeal, featuring Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith III.

Catina Curley suffered physical abuse at the hands of her husband for more than a decade. When she turned a revolver on him, she was charged with murder and sentenced to life. Now, thanks to a court ruling, she has a chance at freedom.

Introducing a new podcast from The Appeal, featuring Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith III.

Unfortunately for millions of Americans, only one case matters: Trump’s.

When Caddo voters booted their infamous district attorney, some of his toughest prosecutors found a home in Calcasieu.

Families are torn apart by the criminal justice system every day.

In the era of #MeToo, can we hold law enforcement officials accountable?

These days, former Sheriff Jim Pendergraph calls himself an “Old School Conservative,” but not so long ago he identified as a Democrat. This is back in early 2006, when Pendergraph was like most sheriffs — an enormously powerful guy who managed to get around unnoticed. He was 35 years into his law enforcement career and 12 years […]

Just a few months ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo seemed sure that criminal justice reform was imminent. During his annual State of the State address in January, he called for a legislative package that would limit civil asset forfeiture, reform discovery, reduce trial delays, and most notably, significantly reduce the use of cash bail. […]

In May 1988 on the south side of Chicago, a video store caught fire in the middle of the night. The fire spread quickly, eventually burning down seven other nearby businesses and killing two people. The police determined it was arson, and quickly identified the owner of the video store as the mastermind of a four-person plot. […]

On Friday, in what her office called, “the first [release] of its kind in the country,” Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made public six years of felony criminal case data.

On February 10, the ACLU of Texas held a forum for the Dallas County district attorney candidates in anticipation of the March 6 primary. For almost two hours, Democratic candidates Elizabeth Frizell and John Creuzot fielded questions as Anthony Graves, a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 18 years on death row, led the […]

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance was re-elected last week, an unsurprising twist given that his was the only name on the ballot. In fact, given the lack of official options, Vance’s victory was not so impressive. He still managed to garner only 90% of the vote — almost 20,000 people decided to write-in a candidate rather than […]