Bobbin and Eric host Lakayana, Executive Director of Word is Bond, who works with young Black men and boys on leadership development, and more notably, spearheaded walking tours around Portland called “In My Shoes,” where their ambassadors led community members, including elected officials through Portland neighborhoods through their experiences as a Black man. Bobbin, Eric, and Lakayana process the white supremacist terrorism in Buffalo, and how it is not an isolated incident, but a feature...

Listen in as Bobbin and Eric reflect back on the week in news. Bobbin responds to DA Paige Clarkson’s campaign mailer where she attacks with tough-on-crime rhetoric, where she vilifies and demonizes public defenders and those with criminal records. Bobbin talks about his resignation from the Chief Justice’s Criminal Justice Advisory Committee in response to DA Clarkson’s actions. The hosts talk about OJRC’s clients winning a settlement against the City in regards to losing their property...

We’re happy to announce Eric is back! (For now! Public defense crisis willing.) Bobbin & Eric take a long sigh at the past week in news and talk about the overturning of Roe. v. Wade draft leak and why it is an attack on civil rights. We take a look back on history and where we see ourselves headed; and Bobbin reminds us why it’s important to commit ourselves in the long haul to civil liberties and community well-being. Bobbin & Eric talk about Senator Ron Wyden’s inappropriate...

Bobbin and Juan chop it up as Juan has been appointed our sub co-host, as Eric is slammed in the public defense crisis. Looking at local news articles that seem a little more like Fox News headlines, your hosts talk about Senator Wyden’s fear-and-anger politics in his comments on Governor Brown’s clemency decision.  As Juan is our Civil Rights Project Director and Attorney and involved in multiple lawsuits against the City of Portland on police violence, he and Bobbin talk about how Portland...

Eric will be back next week, but until then, Bobbin and Beatrix discuss OPB’s recent article on perceptions of crime and the Oregon midterm election, and how perceptions from candidates and Portlanders and data on crime rates do not necessarily match. Beatrix sighs at the over-bloated police budget that Mayor Wheeler and President Biden (who made an appearance in Portland) are signing off on; which leads to Bobbin and Beatrix talking about bad police reforms. We are joined by a special guest,...

As Eric misses today’s podcast as the public defense crisis wages on, Bobbin kicks back with Juan to talk about the week in news. Juan and Bobbin unpack the tough-on-crime push for increased police budget and for more officers from the Brooklyn Subway shooting, and how an already bloated budget has failed to prevent gun violence and will continue to fail to meet objectives to keep people safe. The two talk about how community well-being is what prevents crime, not more cops and prisons....

Bobbin is joined by Anthony Pickens (Paralegal/Legal Assistant, OJRC) and Ben Haile (Senior Counsel, Civil Rights Project, OJRC) to discuss solitary confinement in Oregon. Ben unpacks for us solitary confinement as a concept - what it is - and the many names solitary goes by (hint: ODOC’s tactics to hide their egregious practices). Ben reminds us that Oregon is violating international standards by placing people in solitary for up to 180 days; international law/standards on solitary codified...

 Eric is back from his PD flurry of work, so Bobbin and Eric kick it and catch up on the past two weeks in news to talk the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and…choose not to weigh in on the Oscars. Eric and Bobbin continue the conversation on public defense backlog and crisis, while talking about pay gaps and disparities in the legal system. Eric talks conservative attorney Ginni Thomas and justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas. Bobbin and Eric discuss if...

As Eric attends to public defense duties, Bobbin is joined by Youth Justice Project Director & Managing Attorney Gabe Newland to talk about youth justice in Oregon. Bobbin and Gabe catch up on this week’s news with the Supreme Court nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Ted Cruz’s buffoonery, and the theater of fear & anger politics. Gabe dives into talking about the adultification of youth in the criminal justice system and how prosecuting children as adults is a cruel practice, and...

Our cohost Eric was not able to join us for today’s podcast episode, but tune in for a spirited conversation between Bobbin and Franz Bruggemeier, Associate Director of the Civil Rights Project. This week in news, we discuss the indictment of the former Coffee Creek Women’s Prison nurse for sexual assault and political prisoner Eric King’s case. Franz and Bobbin look back at the nightly police violence during the protests for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Franz...

This week in news, Bobbin & Eric debrief the Legislative Short session, the failure of ODOC to protect women at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility from sexual abuse, and The Who-Cares-If-You’re-Innocent-Project article that discusses federal judicial nominations/appointments and nominees who have backgrounds as public defenders or working on wrongful convictions...and, one political party is blaming an innocence attorney for the rise in crime rights! Bobbin and Eric re-introduce...

This week, Bobbin and Eric host DA Matt Ellis (Wasco County) and DA John Hummel (Deschutes County) to talk about what DA’s do, what it’s like to navigate the criminal justice system as a progressive DA, and what makes district attorneys some of the most powerful actors in the criminal justice system. Matt and John unpack ODAA’s bad polling done on community perceptions of crime and why tough-on-crime policies and rulings are not the solutions to community well-being. Next week, Eric and...

 Catch up with Bobbin and Eric on the week in news around the Normandale Park shooting and the City of Portland's failure to protect protestors for racial justice, how Colin Kaepernick launched an initiative for free autopsies to families who lost loved ones to police violence. Eric and Bobbin also discuss the importance of public defenders as a check on police misconduct. Our guest Athul Acharya, Executive Director of Public Accountability, joins us to discuss his work challenging legal...

This week in news, Bobbin and Eric discuss what the heck is going on with public defense in Oregon. Alice Lundell, Director of Communication at Oregon Justice Resource Center joins us as our guest to unpack how the media reports on crime, to take a look back on the tough-on-crime backlash after the protests for George Floyd, and discuss how Portland became a national lightning rod for fear-mongering news reporting of what happens when we "defunded" the police (which we didn't.) Produced by...

We are back! After a year off, Bobbin and Eric return with their podcast to discuss criminal justice, public defense, and civil rights. In this episode they talk about the past year and hopes for the podcast moving forward. 

This week in news, Bobbin and Eric discuss the recent Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by the Federal Judge Beckerman compelling the State of Oregon to provide vaccines to all Adults in Custody in Oregon prisons and a recent news segment on Koin...

Bobbin and Eric are back after a month off! This week's episode is a bit more informal as they discuss COVID and the prisons and the events of January 6th.  Next week, they will return to their conversation about sentencing in Oregon and what...

This episode, Bobbin and Eric walk through the history of sentencing in Oregon. This is the third part  of their series on sentencing.  Please see the the previous two episodes for Part I and Part II. This episode was recorded on 12/18 and is the last...

This week, Bobbin and Eric continue their discussion of sentencing in Oregon. They review basic concepts in sentencing - probation, suspended sentences, sentencing guidelines, presumptive sentences, mandatory minimums, and others. This episode is part...

Trailblazing Justice is back! After taking some time off, Eric and Bobbin return to a regular schedule. This week in news they discuss Measure 110 - the historic ballot measure that decriminalized drugs in Oregon - and the federal death penalty. Eric...

This week, Bobbin and Eric speak with Raj Jayadev as part of OJRC's Bending Toward Justice (BTJ) series (recorded earlier in the week).  Visit OJRC's website for a full listing of  BTJ conversations: https://ojrc.info/bending-toward-justiceFrom the...

This week, Bobbin and Eric share some thoughts about the upcoming election. Democracy and so many of our rights hang in the balance. Across the country, we are paying attention to it all! Follow races/issues from around the country by using Daniel...

This week, Bobbin and Eric discuss the news about Purdue Pharma (OxyContin) and the conversations about Multnomah County Sheriff's Office taking over Portland Police. They then continue their discussion about power dynamics and incentives (perverse) in...

This week, Bobbin and Eric discuss Measures 110 and 109 (decriminalization and War on Drugs), the killing of Michael Forest Reinoehl; asymmetrical power dynamics  in our criminal legal system (law enforcement contact and pre-trial/trial); and, why cats...

This week, Bobbin and Eric open the episode by discussing the NBA and social justice, stimulus checks for incarcerated individuals, and voting rights. They then continue their review of Oregon courts by focusing on the role and function of Oregon...