Podcasts by Aider and Abettor Podcast
Public Defenders Sajid Khan and Avi Singh podcast on the criminal system on Aider and Abettor.
The show includes discussions about the mismatch between the criminal system's purported values and actual function.
Sajid Khan is a public defender in San Jose, CA. Sajid is a the author of Closing Arguments, a blog focused on criminal law and social justice. His work is published by the National Association of Public Defense. Sajid graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Hastings College of Law.
Avi Singh is a public defender in San Jose, CA. Avi graduated from UC Davis and Harvard Law School. He is on the Board of the Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association. Avi coaches a high school mock trial team that competes in the Constitutional Rights Foundation program.
You can follow @thesajidkhan and @avanindar on Twitter.
Please send comments and suggestions to aiderandabettor@gmail.com. You can also follow us on twitter @aiderandabettor. Our website is https://medium.com/@aiderandabettor
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algorhythm nation from 2020-10-15T06:45:11
On this episode of the pod, we talk all about Proposition 25 and what pretrial justice would look like in a Prop. 25 world. To do this, we get together with Carlie Ware (@carlieware11) and Carson ...
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Racial Justice Act with Ash Kalra from 2020-09-19T22:51:37
In this episode, Sajid and guest host Sarah Ruby (fellow pd out of San Jose) interview Assemblymember Ash Kalra (twitter @ash_kalra) about the Racial Justice Act (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov...
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PD Eliza Orlins Running For Manhattan DA from 2020-08-03T06:13:14
Sajid and Avi meet with Eliza Orlins. Eliza has been a public defender in New York for around 10 years. She decided to run for District Attorney of Manhattan. They talk about what called her to ...
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Double Crossover: Pod With SF DA Boudin And Rachel Marshall from Chasing Justice from 2020-07-22T00:36:22
“For the People”: Finding the Humanity in Our Criminal Legal System with Sajid Khan and Avi Singh: In this crossover episode with the cohosts of Aider and Abettor podcast, Bay Area public defender...
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It's a Crossover from 2020-07-10T00:47:14
Sajid joined Another Not Guilty Pod (David Moore and Nikhil Ramnaney) for a two-part interview. Part 1 is about what happened when Sajid wrote a blog post calling for civil rights protesters to lo...
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COVID Court Content Care from 2020-05-01T07:06:29
COVID: Courts, Content, Care
Avi and Sajid talk about what defense practice looks like during the COVID-19 pandemic, including video arraignments in mostly empty courthouses. They also ta...
Social Distancing in Prison from 2020-03-19T07:37:14
Avi and Sajid discuss COVID-19 with Adnan Khan (!akhan1437). Adnan is the co-founder and executive director of Re:Store Justice (@restore_cal). Adnan was incarcerated at 18 for a felony murder co...
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Hech Yea: PD Movement Building with Scott Hechinger from 2020-03-12T07:31:35
Scott Hechinger (@scotthech) joins Sajid (@thesajidkhan) and Avi (@avanindar) to talk about public defender movement building. @Scotthech talks about the Zealo.us, a project to train public defend...
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Informant Scandal in the OC from 2020-01-24T08:40:43
This episode is all about the Orange County Informant Scandal. Avi and Sajid talk with Somil Trivedi (@somilbtrivedi). Somil is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Criminal Reform Project. T...
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PD Resolutions from 2019-12-30T08:01:10
Avi and Sajid reflect on the year and talk through what’s next in the pod, criminal justice reform, and their public defense practices. They talk about notable episodes from 2019 and share ideas a...
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Rio Grande from 2019-11-02T06:49:24
Sajid and Avi sit down with Deputy Public Defender Perla Garcia. Perla spoke out about her experience coming to the US from Nicaragua when she was twelve with three younger brothers after the tragi...
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Live Pod with SF Public Defender Mano Raju from 2019-09-21T22:13:03
Avi and Sajid recorded a live show with SF Public Defender Mano Raju at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. Mano talked about his background and path to public defense, his vision for the Pu...
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Chesa Boudin from 2019-07-07T05:09:40
Avi and Sajid interview San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Chesa Boudin about his campaign for San Francisco District Attorney. They discuss Chesa's motivation for running and talk through some ...
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Haste Over Humanity from 2019-05-16T06:03:38
Sajid and Avi discuss the execution of Dominique Ray and the Supreme Court’s decision to lift a stay of execution despite religious discrimination. This one is from February. Lots of things have ...
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An Incomprehensible Series of Gross Mistakes from 2019-03-29T07:15:58
Avi and Sajid get back together with Marc Bookman from the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation. Marc talks about his work on behalf of Kareem Johnson. He gives an update on Ricky Olds (htt...
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Bad Defense Bracket from 2019-03-04T00:05:07
This is The Bad Defense bracket. Avi and Sajid join public defenders Kristin Carter and Chris Givens to debate the worst defense attorneys from movies, television, books, documentaries, and podcas...
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The Sound Of The Police from 2018-12-20T06:37:38
Avi and Sajid talk to Sergeant Jeremy Jones. Jeremy has been with the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office for around 10 years. Jeremy grew up on the East Side of San Jose. His father has been in and ou...
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Justice for Dazia Lee from 2018-11-14T08:50:29
In this episode of Aider & Abettor, Avi and Sajid talk about a North Carolina Sheriff’s decision to charge Dazia Lee with involuntary manslaughter of her one year old child. Ms. Lee’s son slipped ...
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We Gotta Make a Change from 2018-10-01T08:52:50
Avi and Sajid are joined by veteran Public Defender Brian Matthews. They discuss a wave of criminal justice reform in California. The topics include the elimination of cash bail, laws designed to p...
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Public Public Defenders from 2018-07-23T07:43:55
This is the twentieth episode of Aider & Abettor. Sajid talks with Alameda public defender Rachel Marshall. Rachel handles felony trials in Oakland, California. She has written articles about th...
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Krasner Memo from 2018-05-24T08:58:35
Avi and Sajid sit down with Michael Ogul to discuss a memo issued by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner aimed at fighting mass incarceration and restoring balance to sentencing. The thre...
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Stephon Clark Body Cam Reactions from 2018-05-02T07:25:18
We were joined by our friend/fellow public defender Carlie Ware for a discussion about the police shooting of Stephon Clark. The conversation includes our reactions to the body camera and helicopt...
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#ClientsFirst in LA from 2018-03-30T18:48:56
In this episode of Aider & Abettor, Avi and Sajid interview Los Angeles Deputy Public Defender Elizabeth Lashley-Haynes about the #clientsfirst #notmypd movement in Los Angeles County. The Board o...
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14 Going on Life Without Parole from 2018-03-04T06:45:23
Avi and Sajid took the podcast on the road to the Capital Case Defense Seminar in Monterey, CA. This episode is an interview with Marc Bookman. Marc is the co-director of the Atlantic Center for...
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How We Represent Those People from 2018-01-22T05:23:39
In Ep. 15 of Aider & Abettor, Avi and Sajid sit down with Rod O'Connor. Rod retired from public defense in 2016. During his career, Rod tried homicides and mentored new lawyers (including Avi). ...
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mid thirty something jump street from 2017-12-26T08:32:55
In the last episode of the year, Avi and Sajid recorded a live pod at Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, California. The students have been thinking about the issue of prosecuting minors as adults...
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State Action with Ash Kalra from 2017-11-27T07:39:11
On this episode of Aider & Abettor, California State Assemblymember Ash Kalra joins Sajid and Avi. Ash is the first Indian American state legislator in California. Before being elected to the Cal...
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Bench Notes: Conversation with Retired Judge on Bail/Plea Bargaining/Judicial Recall from 2017-10-12T02:12:34
In this episode of Aider & Abettor, Avi and Sajid are joined by retired Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Ron Del Pozzo, someone who they both appeared in front of during their public defense...
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Reclaiming Our Time with Kristin Carter [AKA Respecting the Wu-Tang] from 2017-09-09T17:00:44
Avi is joined by public defender Kristin Carter. The topics include whether the ACLU should change its stance on representation after Charlottesville, jury selection in the Shkreli trial, the Arpa...
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Whose Courts? from 2017-08-18T16:41:57
In the 10th episode of Aider & Abettor, Avi and Sajid welcome guests Raj Jayadev and Charisse Domingo of Silicon Valley De-Bug (https://siliconvalleydebug.org), a community organization in San Jose...
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The Return with Kevin Bilal Chatman [All We Need Is Three Mics] from 2017-08-03T06:22:41
In the 9th Episode of Aider & Abettor, Sajid and Avi welcome their first ever guest: Kevin “Bilal” Chatman.
Bilal, born and raised in San Jose, got a new lease on life after voters passe...
Just a Shout Away: Cosby Mistrial and Officer Acquittal from 2017-06-26T06:43:59
In the 8th episode of Aider & Abettor, Sajid and Avi discuss the first trial of Bill Cosby in the "Opening Statement" segment. They talk about the judge’s rulings in the case, the hung jury and wha...
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Out Here Trying to Function from 2017-05-13T05:42:38
In the 7th episode of Aider & Abettor, Sajid and Avi discuss former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, his murder trials and his recent death in the "Opening Statement" segment. They talk ...
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Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made Of from 2017-04-09T16:35:33
In Episode 6 of Aider & Abettor, Sajid and Avi get into a New York State of Mind. In the Opening Statement, they discuss the campaign to #raisetheage. The talk about the problems of treating 16 y...
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Look Who's Coming to Jury Duty & Trial Jams 2017 from 2017-03-20T06:40:38
In the fifth episode of Aider & Abettor, Avi and Sajid discuss the challenge of getting a representative jury and one proposal (California Senate Bill 576) to collect more data about the jury selec...
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ICE Vol. 2 & Davis Vandalism Case from 2017-02-24T16:15:58
In the 4th episode of Aider & Abettor, Sajid and Avi start with the "Opening Statement" where they discuss recent mass ICE raids across our country, particularly the arrest of a woman at an El Paso...
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Sports! Gorsuch! Judicial Independence! from 2017-02-14T09:37:31
In the 3rd episode of Aider and Abettor, Sajid and Avi start with the "Opening Statement" where they discuss the Super Bowl, Kyle Shanahan and their mutual San Francisco 49ers fandom (and lack of t...
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You're Out of [Executive] Order from 2017-01-31T08:03
In the 2nd episode of Aider & Abettor, Sajid and Avi start with the "Opening Statement" where they discuss President Donald Trump’s Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Ent...
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Aider & Abettor from 2017-01-23T01:21:31
Episode 1 Summary
In this pilot episode of Aider and Abettor, Sajid and Avi introduce themselves and the podcast and then launch into the "Opening Statement" where they discuss the controv...