Jonathan Rapping on America's Broken Criminal Justice System and Mass Incarceration

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Jonathan Rapping on America's Broken Criminal Justice System and Mass Incarceration

Andrew Keen

Jul 29, 2021

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Jonathan Rapping, the author of "Gideon's Promise: A Public Defender Movement to Transform Criminal Justice", to discuss the pervasive issues inherent in our current system of public defense and what can be done to end mass incarceration.

Jonathan Rapping is a nationally renowned criminal justice innovator who is the founder and president of Gideon’s Promise, a non-profit public defender organization whose mission is to transform the criminal justice system by building a movement of public defenders who provide equal justice for marginalized communities.

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